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The case involves Vikrant Sachade, the appellant, who contested an assessment order under section 144 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, for the assessment year 2014-15. The appellant had not complied with multiple notices under sections 142(1) and 271(1)(b), leading to a non-compliant assessment. The CIT(A) dismissed the appeal on procedural grounds, stating the appeal was against an intimation under section 143(1), which the appellant contested. The Tribunal found procedural errors in the handling of the case and decided to remand the case back to the CIT(A) for a fresh assessment.
Appeal details
Counselvise Citation
[2023] 140 COUNSELVISE.COM (IT) 123503 (ITAT-MUMBAI)
Assessee PAN
Bench
Appeal Number
Duration Of Justice
5 month(s) 20 day(s)
Appellant
Respondent
Appeal Type
Income Tax Appeal
Pronouncement Date
14-05-2023
Appeal Filed By
Assessee
Order Result
Allowed
Bench Allotted
F
Next Hearing Date
14-03-2023
Assessment Year
2014-2015
Appeal Filed On
24-11-2022
Judgement Text
IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL MUMBAI BENCH “F”, MUMBAI BEFORE SHRI AMIT SHUKLA, JUDICIAL MEMBER AND SHRI GAGAN GOYAL, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER ITA No. 2999/Mum/2022 (A.Y.2014-15) Vikrant Sachade Shop No.12, Sangeeta Enclave Sarvodaya nagar, Mulund (W) Mumbai-400 080 PAN: ANDPS3536R ...... Appellant Vs. CIT/NFAC Delhi ..... Respondent Appellant by : None Respondent by : Smt. Vranda U Matkari, Sr. AR Date of hearing : 15/03/2023 Date of pronouncement : 15/05/2023 ORDER PER GAGAN GOYAL, A.M: This appeal by assessee is directed against the order ofNational Faceless Appeal Centre (for short “NFAC”) dated 19.10.2022 u/s. 250 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (for short ‘the Act’) for A.Y. 2014-15. The assessee has raised the following grounds of appeal: 2 ITA No. 2999/Mum/2022 Vikrant Sachade “1. The leaned CIT (A) erred in fact and in law while dismissing appeal on the ground that the appeal was made against intimation u/s.143 (1) as mentioned in Form 35 under Column 2a, ignoring the fact that in all of the appellate proceedings the appellant has never mentioned anything that he is aggrieved with respect to intimation u/s. 143(1). 2. The said order of the H'CIT shall be set aside and restore before H'CIT for fresh adjudication after calling remand report and giving fresh opportunity to the appellant.” 2. Brief facts of the case are that the assessee filed his return of income on 28-11-2014 declaring income at Rs. Nil. Case of the assessee was selected under compulsory scrutiny. Time and again, notice u/s 142(1) along with questionnaire issued to the assessee but assessee never turned up to comply the same. As a last measure, AO issued notice u/s 271(1)(b) also, but assessee did not comply with the same also. Ultimately, assessment was completed at Rs. 79, 38,191/- u/s. 144 of the Act. Assessee being aggrieved filed an appeal before the Ld. CIT (A). The Ld. CIT(A) dismissed the appeal of the assessee on the ground that assessee has filed appeal before him against the intimation u/s 143(1) and assessee never filed appeal against the assessment order mentioned supra. 3. Assessee being further aggrieved with the order of Ld. CIT (A) approached this Tribunal through this appeal. We have gone through the order of AO, order of Ld. CIT (A) and documents placed on record. Before us like form no. 35 along with grounds of appeal taken and other documents available on file. We observed that case was never reached to the conclusion the way it should be. As mentioned supra, assessment order was passed u/s 144 (although because of non compliance by the assessee). Thereafter, order of Ld. CIT (A) was also passed in a state of confusion without discussing and considering the fact of the case. In this situation, we deem it fit and reasonable to restore the matter back to the file of Ld. CIT(A) for fresh disposal of the matter after giving assessee a proper opportunity of being heard as demanded by assessee in the grounds raised. Assessee is also directed to take the matter seriously and comply the same with utmost 3 ITA No. 2999/Mum/2022 Vikrant Sachade discipline. In these terms, grounds raised by assessee are allowed for statistical purposes. 4. In the result, appeal of the assessee is allowed for statistical purposes. Order pronounced in the open court on 15 th day of May, 2023. Sd/- Sd/- (AMIT SHUKLA) (GAGAN GOYAL) JUDICIAL MEMBER ACCOUNTANT MEMBER Mumbai, दिन ांक/Dated: 15/05/2023 Mahesh R. Sonavane Copy of the Order forwarded to: 1. अपील र्थी/The Appellant , 2. प्रदिव िी/ The Respondent. 3. आयकर आयुक्त(अ)/The CIT(A)- 4. आयकर आयुक्त CIT 5. दवभ गीय प्रदिदनदि, आय.अपी.अदि., मुबांई/DR, ITAT, Mumbai 6. ग र्ड फ इल/Guard file. BY ORDER, //True Copy// (Dy. /Asstt. Registrar) ITAT, Mumbai
