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Issues: Whether the order granting stay of tax demand by directing payment of 20% of the outstanding demand in instalments was sustainable in the absence of proper application of mind and whether the matter required remand for fresh consideration under the governing stay guidelines.
Analysis: The impugned stay order was found to have been passed without a proper consideration of the relevant factors bearing on the demand and without the kind of reasoned determination expected in an application for stay of recovery. The Court relied on the administrative guideline requiring the Assessing Officer to examine all relevant circumstances and pass a speaking order while dealing with a stay request under the relevant provision. Following the approach adopted in similar cases, the Court held that the order could not stand as it did not reflect independent application of mind to the assessee's request for stay.
Conclusion: The impugned stay order was set aside and the matter was remitted for fresh orders on merits after considering the applicable guidelines and relevant judicial direction. Pending fresh consideration, recovery proceedings were directed to remain in abeyance.
Final Conclusion: The assessee obtained relief by way of quashing of the stay order, remand for reconsideration, and interim protection against recovery.
Ratio Decidendi: An order on a stay application for tax demand must reflect consideration of all relevant factors and be supported by a reasoned, speaking determination; a non-reasoned or mechanical order is liable to be set aside and remitted for fresh consideration.
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