Deposit as a condition for stay upheld, with limited time to comply and the appeal to be heard afterward.

The High Court considered whether it should interfere with an appellate authority's order imposing a deposit as a condition for stay. It found that, after an earlier order was set aside, the authority had passed a detailed order on the basis of the petitioner's submissions and had given reasons for reiterating the deposit condition. The Court therefore declined to interfere with the stay order. It nonetheless granted the petitioner one month to make the deposit and directed the appeal to be disposed of within one month thereafter, with a further opportunity of hearing before the appellate authority.

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Outcome: The writ petition challenging the stay order directing pre-deposit of Rs. 2 crores was dismissed, with one month granted to deposit the amount and the appellate authority directed to dispose of the appeal thereafter.

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