Section 52(4) in Tamil Nadu Value Added Tax Act, 2006
(4)Notwithstanding that an appeal has been preferred under sub-section (1), the tax shall be paid in accordance with the order of assessment against which the appeal has been preferred:Provided that the Appellate Deputy Commissioner may, in his discretion, give such directions as he thinks fit, in regard to the payment of the tax before the disposal of the appeal, if the appellant furnishes sufficient security to his satisfaction, in such manner, as may be prescribed:Provided further that the directions given under the first proviso shall stand vacated, if no order is passed under sub-section (3) within a period of one hundred and eighty days of the issue of order under the said proviso.