46. Disposal of appeal or application for revision

(1) If a memorandum of appeal or an application for revision does not comply with all the requirements of rule 45, the appellate or revisional authority may reject it summarily:

Provided that no appeal or application for revision shall be summarily rejected under this sub-rule unless the appellant or applicant has been given a reasonable opportunity to amend the memorandum or application so as to bring it into conformity with all the requirements of rule 45.

(2) An appeal or application for revision may be summarily rejected on other reasonable grounds after giving the appellant or applicant a reasonable opportunity of being heard.

(3) (i) If an appellant intends to pray for stay of recovery of the disputed amount of tax, penalty or interest arising out of an order appealed against, he shall make a stay petition containing, inter-alia, substance of facts leading to the exact amount of tax, penalty or interest sought to be stayed and the exact amount of tax, penalty or interest disputed, payment of tax before and after the said order and reasons in brief for seeking stay, and stay petition shall be presented along with the memorandum of appeal under rule 45.

(ii) Where a stay petition has been presented by an appellant along with the memorandum of appeal or along with application for revision before the appellate authority or the revisional authority, as the case may be, and such appeal or revision has been entertained, he shall, after giving such appellant a reasonable opportunity of being heard, dispose of such stay petition within one month from the date of presentation of such petition.

(iii) The appellate or the revisional authority, as the case may be, may, in his discretion, by an order in writing, stay realisation of the amount of tax or interest, part or whole, as the case may be, in dispute, on such terms and conditions as he may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case.

(iv) If the realisation of the amount of tax, penalty or interest is stayed by the appellate authority subject to payment of such amount of tax penalty or interest, or furnishing security for securing the payment of the amount of tax, penalty or interest in dispute, as the case may be, specified in the order referred to in clause (i), the appellant shall pay such amount of tax, penalty or interest, or furnish such security, by the date specified in such order.

(v) Where an appellant fails to pay any amount of tax or interest in dispute which he is required to pay according to the order referred to in sub-clause (iv) by the date specified therein or such other date as may be allowed by the appellate authority, such order staying realization of the amount of tax, or interest, as the case may be, shall stand automatically vacated after the expiry of the date specified in the order or such other date as may be allowed by the appellate authority.

(4) Where an application for appeal or revision is admitted for hearing on merit the appellate or revisional authority shall, after giving the parties concerned a reasonable opportunity of being heard, fix a date for passing the final order on the appeal or application for revision as the case may be, if the order is not passed on the date of hearing.