Re: Proceedings u/s 201
In our case appeal is pending before CIT(A) against order u/s 201.
We are unable to opt for VSV as under the dropdown, option of order passed u/s 201 is not there. Please provide possible recourse.
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A very good initiative has been undertaken by itat.online.
I have been reading in this column over a period of time that hundreds of people may not be able to take benefit of the scheme for the inefficiency of the Department in drafting the Form properly. For such deficiency in the Form, it may not be advisable in all the cases to go to High Court.
I suggest that a PIL, if possible, may be filed before the competent court for rectification of the deficiencies. I further suggest that such issues may be taken up by various trade bodies and professional bodies in a co-ordinated manner at the Ministry Level to correct the situation, as it is existing.
In fact, the problem is that we have incompetent persons sittings in the powers that be who have been given responsibilities to run the Income Tax Department, where the sole motto is “we are at duty for harassment”; otherwise the Department may not have been losing case after case before the courts.
The Officers must be made responsible for their actions. The fact is that the officers are not accountable to any one – even to the elected representatives or ministers, who are all fed misleading information by these officers.