| COURT: | ITAT Kolkata |
| CORAM: | Mahavir Singh (JM), Shamim Yahya (AM) |
| SECTION(S): | 250 |
| GENRE: | Domestic Tax |
| CATCH WORDS: | Condonation of delay |
| COUNSEL: | S. M. Surana |
| DATE: | November 5, 2014 (Date of pronouncement) |
| DATE: | November 11, 2014 (Date of publication) |
| AY: | 2004-05 |
| FILE: | Click here to download the file in pdf format |
| CITATION: | |
| CIT(A) cannot decline to condone delay in filing appeal and still decide it on merits | |
We are of the view that in case CIT(A) chose not to condone the delay, he has no business to adjudicate the appeal on merits. For this, we are of the view that first of all, the appeal should be admitted for making a decision on merits because the right to appeal is neither an absolute right nor an ingredient of natural justice the principles of which must be followed in all judicial and quasi judicial adjudications. The right to appeal is statutory right and it can be circumscribed by the conditions in the grant. If the statute gives a right to appeal upon certain conditions, it is upon
fulfillment of those conditions that the right becomes vested in and exercisable by the appellant. Here the assessee’s appeal is delayed as alleged by CIT(A) and without admitting the appeal he has adjudicated the same on merits. Once the appeal is not admitted nothing is pending before him (CIT Vs. Mysore Iron & Steel Works (1949) 17 ITR 478 (Bom) followed)
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