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Issues: (i) Whether the appellate order rejecting the appeal for want of mandatory pre-deposit could be interfered with on the ground that the appellant was first entitled to an intimation or calculation of the exact pre-deposit amount. (ii) Whether the writ petition, filed long after the impugned appellate order, was liable to be declined on the ground of delay and laches.
Issue (i): Whether the appellate order rejecting the appeal for want of mandatory pre-deposit could be interfered with on the ground that the appellant was first entitled to an intimation or calculation of the exact pre-deposit amount.
Analysis: The appeal was not accompanied by proof of mandatory pre-deposit, and the deficiency was specifically communicated. The record also showed that the appellant was afforded opportunities to make the deposit, including before the first appellate authority, but no deposit was made even on the appellant's own showing. The plea that the authority was bound to first compute and intimate the exact amount of pre-deposit was found untenable.
Conclusion: The challenge on this ground failed and the rejection of the appeal on account of non-compliance with the pre-deposit requirement was upheld.
Issue (ii): Whether the writ petition, filed long after the impugned appellate order, was liable to be declined on the ground of delay and laches.
Analysis: The writ petition was instituted in September 2025 against an appellate order dated 22.12.2023, with no explanation for the delay. The settled principle applied was that although no statutory limitation governs writ petitions, the remedy must be invoked within a reasonable time, and unexplained delay and laches can bar relief.
Conclusion: The writ petition was barred by delay and laches and no interference was warranted.
Final Conclusion: The petitioner was not entitled to relief, and the challenge to the appellate order was rejected on merits as well as on the ground of unexplained belated approach.
Ratio Decidendi: A writ court may decline interference where an assessee fails to comply with a mandatory pre-deposit requirement despite opportunities, and where the writ remedy is invoked after an unreasonable, unexplained delay.
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