NARENDRA NAYAK, 13, SHIVPURI COLONY, JAIPUR V. INCOME TAX OFFICER, , WARD - 1(1), JAIPUR

ITA 212/JPR/2023

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The case involves Narendra Nayak, the appellant, who purchased an immovable property and was subsequently assessed by the Income Tax Officer (ITO) under sections 148 and 144 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, leading to a dispute over the assessment year 2013-14. The National Faceless Appeal Centre (NFAC/CIT(A)) dismissed the initial appeal due to non-compliance by the assessee in attending hearings and submitting required documents. The assessee contested that his submissions were not considered, leading to the current appeal. The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) found merit in the assessee's argument and remanded the case back to the CIT(A) for a thorough examination on merits.

• Counselvise Citation: [2023] 140 COUNSELVISE.COM (IT) 132379 (ITAT-JAIPUR)
• Duration Of Justice: 2 month(s) 20 day(s)
• Appeal Type: Income Tax Appeal
• Pronouncement Date: 26-06-2023
• Appeal Filed By: Assessee
• Order Result: Allowed
• Bench Allotted: SMC
• Next Hearing Date: 20-06-2023
• Assessment Year: 2013-2014
• Appeal Filed On: 05-04-2023
• Laws Referred To: Income Tax Act, 1961
• Result in Favour of: Assessee
• Court: TRIBUNAL
• Keywords: Principle of natural justice; Non compliance
• Section: 147; 148

Judgement Text

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The assessee has raised the following grounds of appeal:- “1. Under the facts and circumstances of the case the Learned CIT(A) has erred in passing the ex-parte order on 01.03.2023 without considering the 2 ITA No. 212/JPR/2023 Narendra Nayak vs.ITO submission made by the assessee on 21.02.2023 which is also available on ITBA Portal. 2. Under the facts and circumstances of the case the Learned CIT(A) has erred in confirming the action of the Learned Assessing Officer in passing the order u/s 148/144 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 which is void-ab-initio deserves to be quashed. 3. Under the facts and circumstances of the case the Learned Assessing Officer has erred in completing the assessment without serving notice u/s 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. 4. Under the facts and circumstances of the case the Learned Assessing Officer has erred in completing the assessment without serving notice u/s 143(2) of the Income Tax Act, 1961. 5. Under the facts and circumstances of the case the Learned CIT(A) has erred in confirming the addition of Rs. 22,65,837/- on account of purchase of property made by the Learned Assessing Officer without considering the submission of the assessee. 6. The assessee craves your indulgence to add amend or alter all or any grounds of appeal before or at the time of hearing.” 3. Brief facts of the case are that the assessee during the year under consideration, the assessee purchased an immovable property situated at Khasra No.9 at Village Jhida Samod, Tehsil Chomu, District Jaipur for consideration of Rs. 21,00,000/-. The transaction was registered with the Sub-Registrar, Chomu, Jaipur on 17.08.2012. The Sub-Registrar had adopted face value of property of Rs. 33,16,742/- for the purpose of 3 ITA No. 212/JPR/2023 Narendra Nayak vs.ITO charging stamp duty and accordingly, Stamp Duty was charged at Rs. 1,65,837/-. As per the office records, the assessee has not filed the return of income for the relevant Assessment Year. Therefore, the aforesaid information was not open for verification with the records available with the Income-tax Department. As such, after recording the reasons and obtaining prior approval of Pr. Commissioner of Income Tax-l, Jaipur, the case was reopened under sec. 147 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 and a Notice under sec. 148 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 was issued on 20.03.2020 and served upon the assessee. 4. In first appeal, the ld. CIT(A) has dismissed the appeal of the assessee in limine for the reason that the assessee did not appear before the ld. CIT(A) to contest the case in spite of various opportunities/notices dated 13.12.2022, 21.12.2022 and 10.01.2023 and thus finally on 17.01.2023 the assessee was issued notice to submit its reply. The extract of the order of the ld. CIT(A) is reproduced as under:- “4.3 During the appellate proceedings, the appellant did not submit the ‘State of Facts’ in the Form No. 35. After that neither he has replied to hearing notices nor submitted any documentary evidence/information to prove his side. Sufficient and adequate opportunities were afforded to the appellant as indicated at page no. 1 para 3. No reply whatsoever has been submitted by the appellant. Even the assessment was completed under section 148/144 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 due to non-compliance on the part of 4 ITA No. 212/JPR/2023 Narendra Nayak vs.ITO the appellant. It can be safely presumed that the appellant is not interest in pursuing his appeal. Therefore, the undersigned sees no reason to interfere with the order of the Assessing Officer. This, the appeal raised by the appellant is dismissed.” 5. On the other hand, the ld. DR supported the order of the ld. CIT(A). 6. We have heard both sides and perused the materials available on record. From the ld. CIT(A) order, we observed that the order has not been passed on merit it has been dismissed due to non compliance on the part of the assessee. But during the course of hearing ld. AR for the assessee submitted that the during the appellate proceeding i.e. before us the ld. CIT(A) the assessee has filed reply on 21.02.2023 but the ld. CIT(A) has passed order without considering the reply filed by the assessee. Further the ld. AR for the assessee prays that the matter may be remanded back to the file of the ld. CIT(A) for a proper adjudication on merit after giving due opportunity of hearing to the assessee. The ld. DR does not have any objection but prays to direct the assessee to represent his case before the ld. CIT(A) and do not seek unnecessary adjournments. In view of such pleadings by parties and also having regard to the principle of natural justice and fair play, we deem it fit and appropriate to remand this matter back to the file of the ld. CIT(A) for a proper adjudication after giving opportunity of hearing to the assessee, uninfluenced by his earlier decision. We order accordingly, the assessee is also 5 ITA No. 212/JPR/2023 Narendra Nayak vs.ITO directed to ensure participation in the hearings fixed by the ld. CIT(A) and do not seek unnecessary adjournments. Thus, the appeal of the assessee is allowed for statistical purposes. In the result, the appeal of the assessee is allowed for statistical purposes. Order pronounced in the open court on 27/06/2023. Sd/- Sd/- ¼jkBksMdeys'kt;UrHkkbZ ½ ¼MkWa-,l-lhrky{eh½ (RATHOD KAMLESH JAYANTBHAI) (Dr. S. Seethalakshmi) ys[kk lnL; @Accountant Member U;kf;dlnL;@Judicial Member Tk;iqj@Jaipur fnukad@Dated:- 27/06/2023 *Santosh vkns'k dh izfrfyfivxzsf’kr@Copy of the order forwarded to: 1. The Appellant- Narendra Nayak, Jaipur. 2. izR;FkhZ@ The Respondent- ITO, Ward-1(1),Jaipur. 3. vk;djvk;qDr@ The ld CIT 4. vk;dj vk;qDr¼vihy½@The ld CIT(A) 5. foHkkxh; izfrfuf/k] vk;djvihyh; vf/kdj.k] t;iqj@DR, ITAT, Jaipur 6. xkMZQkbZy@ Guard File (ITA No. 212/JPR/2023) vkns'kkuqlkj@ By order, lgk;d iathdkj@Asstt. Registrar