new delhi the supreme court on tuesday held that predeposit of 50 of the award granted by a state consumer commission is mandatory for filing an appeal in the national commission which can also direct a party to deposit the entire amount before staying the order of the state foruma bench of m r shah and b v nagarathna held that the predeposit condition has no link with the grant of stay by the national commission which can direct the party to deposit any amount higher than 50 or the entire amount of as a condition to stay the operation of the state commission orderthe court passed the order on a plea by a batch of real estate companies challenging the orders of the national commission directing them to deposit the entire amount which they were directed to refund to aggrieved homebuyers before staying the orders they contended that as per section 51 of the consumer protection act the parties cannot be directed to deposit more than 50 of the decretal amount before the national commissionit is the precondition to deposit 50 of the amount as ordered by the state commission before the appeal is entertained by the national commission therefore it is a condition precedent to deposit 50 of the amount before his appeal is entertained by the national commission however that does not take away the jurisdiction of the national commission to order to deposit the entire amount and or any amount higher than 50 of the amount while considering the application to stay the order passed by the state commission the bench said predeposit of 50 of amount as ordered by the state commission under second proviso to section 51 ofthe consumer protection act it said