Appealability of interlocutory stay orders under the Gold Control Act was denied, leaving related stay applications untenable.

Interlocutory stay orders passed by the Collector (Appeals) without disposing of the underlying appeal were held not to be appealable to the Tribunal under Section 80A of the Gold (Control) Act. The Tribunal treated such stay orders as not amounting to appealable orders within the statutory scheme, so the appeals were not maintainable in law. As the principal appeals were incompetent, the connected stay applications also ceased to survive and were rejected.

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Issues: Whether appeals lie to the Tribunal against orders of the Collector (Appeals) granting stay without disposing of the underlying appeals.

Analysis: The orders challenged were only interlocutory stay orders and did not amount to orders disposing of the appeals. Such stay orders were held not to be orders within the meaning of Section 80A of the Gold (Control) Act, and therefore were not appealable to the Tribunal. Since the appeals were not maintainable, the connected stay applications also ceased to survive for consideration.

Conclusion: The appeals were held to be not maintainable in law and were rejected, and the stay applications were also rejected.

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