| COURT: | ITAT Delhi |
| CORAM: | C. M. Garg (JM), G. D. Agrawal (VP) |
| SECTION(S): | 147 |
| GENRE: | Domestic Tax |
| CATCH WORDS: | Reassessment |
| COUNSEL: | Prakash Chand Yadav |
| DATE: | February 19, 2016 (Date of pronouncement) |
| DATE: | March 28, 2016 (Date of publication) |
| AY: | 2004-05 |
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| CITATION: | |
| Reopening u/s 147 without application of mind is not valid | |
When we logically analyse the facts of the case, specially averments of the AO in the reasons recorded, then we note that in the operative paragraph the AO has held that “since the expenditure of Rs. 2,47,468/- were incurred by the assessee through credit card remained unexplained, I
have reason to believe that income to the tune of Rs. 2,47,468/- has escaped assessment”. This conclusion of the AO is factually baseless as this issue was posed to the assessee by DCIT, Banglore replying to his notices and the ld. DR has not disputed that copies of the said notices and reply was filed before the AO on the assessment record. In this situation it was on the AO to peruse the relevant assessment record of AY 2005-06 which forming reason to believe and thus it is safely presumed that the AO initiated reassessment proceedings u/s 147 of the Act and issued notice u/s 148 of the Act without application of mind working in a mechanical manner and thus the same are not sustainable in the facts and on law. Respectfully following the dicta laid down by jurisdictional High Court in the case of CIT vs. G & G Pharma (Supra) we are inclined to hold that the AO issued notice u/s 148 of Act on the wrong and invalid assumption of Jurisdictional and all subsequent proceedings is pursuance thereto can’t be held as sustainable and valid hence, the same deserve to be quashed and we quash the same. It is ordered accordingly
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