Section 6
[(1A) The Authority may grant stay of the operation of the order of the highest appellate authority against which the appeal is filed before it or order the 7 [deposit] of the tax before entertaining the appeal and while granting such stay or making such order for the 7 [deposit] of the tax, the Authority shall have regard, if the assessee has made 7 [deposit] of the tax under the general sales tax law of the State concerned, to such 7 [deposit] or pass such appropriate order as it may deem fit.]