Conditional release of confiscated goods depended on whether a stay was obtained within one month.

Release of confiscated goods was to follow the earlier release direction on deposit of the amounts fixed by the Assistant Collector, but that entitlement was made conditional on the Union obtaining a stay in its appeal within one month. If no stay order was obtained within that period, the petitioner was entitled to release of the goods. If a stay was obtained in time, the parties' rights would be governed by that stay order.

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Issues: Whether the petitioner was entitled to release of the confiscated goods pending the Union's appeal, and how the parties' rights would stand regulated depending on whether a stay order was obtained within one month.

Analysis: The goods had been ordered to be released upon deposit of the amounts directed by the Assistant Collector. The Union had filed an appeal against those orders and sought time to obtain a stay. The direction therefore balanced the competing claims by making the petitioner's entitlement depend upon the obtaining of a stay order within the specified period.

Conclusion: The petitioner was entitled to release of the confiscated goods if no stay order was obtained within one month, while if a stay order was obtained within that period, the parties' rights would be governed by the stay order.

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