Statutory Appeal Forum Functionality: where the tribunal is functional, petitioners must meet appeal conditions and file the statutory remedy.

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....Where a statutory appellate forum is constituted and functional, writ jurisdiction is inappropriate and petitioners must pursue the statutory remedy; the court directed the petitioner to comply with the mandatory pre condition in Section 112(8) (deposit requirement) and to file the appeal within the notified timeline, whereupon the GSTAT shall entertain the appeal if it is in order under Section 112 and applicable rules. The writ was disposed of with directions to deposit and file before the Tribunal; the court declined to rule on the merits of the first appellate order.....