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<h1>Pre-deposit compliance and recovery stay: coercive recovery held in abeyance until the pending application is decided.</h1> Where an appeal-related application on compliance with the statutory pre-deposit requirement remained pending, coercive recovery was kept in abeyance ... Consideration of pre-deposit compliance - Protection against coercive recovery pending decision on appeal maintainabilityPre-deposit compliance - Non-consideration of application by appellate authority - Interim protection from recovery - The appellate authority was required to decide the petitioner's pending application asserting compliance with the statutory pre-deposit requirement before recovery could proceed further. - HELD THAT: - The Court noted that the petitioner had already filed an appeal and a stay application against the assessment order, and had also moved a separate application asserting that the appeal was maintainable and liable to be admitted on the basis that the pre-deposit requirement already stood satisfied. Since that application had not been considered at all, the Court did not examine the merits of the dispute regarding adjustment of recovered amounts towards pre-deposit, but held that the proper course was to direct the appellate authority to decide the pending application expeditiously in accordance with law. Pending such decision, coercive recovery was not permitted. [Paras 4, 5, 7, 8]The pending application was directed to be decided within two weeks, no coercive recovery was to be taken till then, and if an adverse order was passed, seven working days' prior notice was to be given before any coercive action; all merits were kept open.Final Conclusion: The petition was disposed of by directing the appellate authority to decide the petitioner's pending application on pre-deposit compliance within the stipulated time. Until such decision, no coercive recovery could be taken, and all rival contentions on the merits were expressly left open. Issues: (i) whether coercive recovery should be stayed pending decision of the appeal-related application concerning compliance with the pre-deposit requirement.Analysis: The petition was founded on the contention that the amount already recovered ought to be accounted for while examining compliance with the statutory pre-deposit requirement under the appellate provision. The appellate authority had not yet decided the application asserting such compliance, and the petitioner's appeal and stay application were already pending. In these circumstances, the appropriate course was to direct the appellate authority to decide the pending application expeditiously and to preserve the petitioner's position till then.Conclusion: Coercive recovery was stayed until the appellate authority decided the pending application, and the authority was directed to decide it within two weeks.Final Conclusion: The petitioner obtained interim protection against recovery while the appellate authority was required to first decide the question of pre-deposit compliance in accordance with law.Ratio Decidendi: Where the appellate authority has not yet decided a pending application on pre-deposit compliance, coercive recovery should be held in abeyance until that application is decided.