Chhamakant Sahasram Pandey vs The Income Tax Officer
2023 Latest Caselaw 1853 Guj

     C/SCA/3091/2023                                ORDER DATED: 22/02/2023




           IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD

             R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 3091 of 2023

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                       CHHAMAKANT SAHASRAM PANDEY
                                  Versus
                          THE INCOME TAX OFFICER
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Appearance:
DARSHAN R PATEL(8486) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1
for the Respondent(s) No. 1
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 CORAM:HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MS. JUSTICE
       SONIA GOKANI
       and
       HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP N. BHATT

                             Date : 22/02/2023

                        ORAL ORDER

(PER : HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MS. JUSTICE SONIA GOKANI)

1. The petitioner seeks to challenge the notice issued under

Section-148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 dated 30.06.2022.

In view of judgment in case of Union of India Vs. Ashish

Agarwal (2022) 138 Taxmann. Com, the respondent issued a

notice under Section-148A(b) for the A.Y. 2013-14 on

24.5.2022, which have been replied to eventually and the

respondent did not pass an order under Section-148A(d). A

notice under Section-148 as per Finance Act, 2021 came to be

passed on 30.6.2022.

2. The challenge is made by way of following prayers:-

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A) A writ of Certiorari and/or a writ of mandamus and/or any other writ direction or order to quash and set aside the impugned notice dated 30.6.2022 under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 annexed hereto at Annexure E and all further notices, if any, issued for completing reassessment including reassessment order, if any, framed during pendency of this petition;

B) Pending the admission, hearing and disposal of this petition, ad-interim relief be granted and the respondent be ordered to restrain from enforcing compliance of the impugned notice dated 30.6.2022 under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 annexed hereto at Annexure E and all further notices, if any, issued for completing reassessment including reassessment order, if any, framed during pendency of this petition;

      C)       Award the costs of this petition.


      D)       Grant such other and further reliefs as this
      Hon'ble Court deems fit.


3.    Rule       made        returnable     forthwith.   Learned           Senior

Standing Counsel Mrs. Kalpana Raval, assisted by learned

Standing Counsel Mr. Karan Sanghani, waives service of

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notice of rule for and on behalf of respondent.

4. On hearing both the sides and also, in wake of decision

of this Court in case of Keenara Industries Private

Limited Vs. The Income Tax Officer, Surat; Special Civil

Application No.17321 of 2022 and allied matters;

decided on 07.02.2023, where this Court on the issue of

limitation has allowed the plea of petitioner and quashed the

notices for the A.Y. 2013-14 issued by the respondent, this

petition is also allowed applying the very reasonings without

elaborating the same.

5. Resultantly, the petition is allowed quashing and setting

aside the notice impugned dated 30.06.2022 issued under

Section-148 of the Act .

Rule is made absolute to the aforesaid extent.

(SONIA GOKANI,CJ)

(SANDEEP N. BHATT,J) BEENA SHAH