| COURT: | Delhi High Court |
| CORAM: | S. Muralidhar J, Vibhu Bakhru J |
| SECTION(S): | 245 |
| GENRE: | Domestic Tax |
| CATCH WORDS: | adjustment, refund, stay of demand |
| COUNSEL: | Piyush Kaushik |
| DATE: | April 25, 2016 (Date of pronouncement) |
| DATE: | April 27, 2016 (Date of publication) |
| AY: | 2006-07 |
| FILE: | Click here to view full post with file download link |
| CITATION: | |
| S. 245: Approach of the department of setting off / adjusting refund against demand without serving a prior s. 245 intimation to the assessee and without providing opportunity of hearing to assessee & without arriving at a satisfaction to the effect that such adjustment of refund can only be the mode of recovery of demand is bad in law. Dept directed to refund the amount set off / adjusted together with interest | |
In our view, the power under Section 245 of the Act, is a discretionary power given to each of the tax officers in the higher echelons to “set off the amount to be refunded or any part of that amount against the same, if any, remaining payable under this Act by the person to whom the refund is due.‟ That this power is discretionary and not mandatory is indicated by the word “may”. Secondly, the set off is in lieu of payment of refund. Thirdly, before invoking the power, the officer is expected to give an intimation in writing to the Assessee to whom the refund is due informing him of the action proposed to be taken under this Section
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