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2015 (10) TMI 793 - AT - Income TaxValidity of reopening of assessment under section 147 - A.R. submitted that that the Assessee’s objection to reassessment proceedings were not passed by a separate order but were disposed by the A.O in the assessment order dated 22.03.2006 passed u/s. 143(3) r.w.s. 147 - Held that:- As decided in case of General Motors India Pvt. Ltd. [2012 (8) TMI 714 - GUJARAT HIGH COURT ] A.O is mandated to decide the objection to the notice u/s. 148 and supply or communicate it to the Assessee. The Assessee gets an opportunity to challenge the order in a writ petition. Thereafter the A.O may pass the re-assessment order. We hold that it was not open to the A.O to decide the objection to notice u/s/ 148 by a composite assessment order. Assessing Officer was required to first decide the objection of the Assessee filed u/s. 148 and serve a copy of the order of the Assessee and after giving reasonable time to the Assessee for challenging his order it was open to him to pass an assessment order. This was not done by the A.O therefore the order on the objection to the notice u/s. 148 of the assessment order passed under the Act deserved to be quashed. Revenue has not brought any contrary binding decision of Hon’ble Apex Court or Hon’ble jurisdictional High Court in support of its contention that the order disposing of the objections of the Assessee to reassessment proceedings along with the assessment order is in order and therefore valid as per law. - Decided in favour of assessee.
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