By the judgment dated 29.02.2016, this Court had disposed the writ petition directing the 2nd respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P4 stay petition within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of the judgment, and the recovery steps, for recovery of amounts confirmed against the petitioner by Ext.P1 assessment order, were kept in abeyance till orders were passed by the 2nd respondent as directed. It is brought to my notice by the learned counsel for the petitioner that in a similar case, where an appeal preferred by the petitioner against an assessment order was pending before the 2nd respondent for about two years, this Court had directed the 2nd respondent to dispose the appeal itself within a time limit and hence, it is prayed that a similar stand be taken in the instant case also, where the appeal has been pending before the 2nd respondent for over two years. I find force in the contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner and find that the judgment dated 29.02.2016 requires to be recalled. Accordingly, I do so and allow the review petition.
