The Assessing Officer issued the notice u/s 148 of the Act treating the petitioner as as Principal Officer of company . Petitioner challenged said notice on the ground that he had acted as a director of company for a short period and disclosed details of acting directors . Allowing the petition the Court held that since effective proceedings would not be possible with petitioner as Principal Officer impugned order treating petitioner as a Principal Officer was set aside. Followed ITO v. Official Liquidator ( 1977) 106 ITR 119 ( AP) (HC) ( AY . 2011 -12)
Suvendra Kumar Pand v .ITO ( 2020) 121 taxmann.com 27 / 276 Taxman 171 ( Mag) (Mad) (HC)
S.148: Reassessment — Notice -Principal Officer- Notice issued in the name of Principal officer was quashed [ S.2(35(b) , 147 , Art . 226 ]