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2016 (5) TMI 958 - AT - Income TaxRevision u/s 263 - CIT(A) directing the AO to pass fresh assessment order which is completed u/s.153A r.w.s.143(3) - Held that:- Commissioner of Income Tax has not independently arrived satisfaction with the order of the Assessing Officer as erroneous and prejudicial to the interest of the Revenue. The Commissioner of Income Tax u/s.263 cannot be invoked to correct each and every type of mistake or error committed by the Assessing Officer and it was only when an order is erroneous that the section will be attracted. In the present case there is no incorrect assumption of facts or an incorrect application of law by the Assessing Officer. The Assessing Officer has applied his mind to the seized material while framing assessment for the year 2006-07 u/s.153A of the Act. The Commissioner of Income Tax cannot expect to correct the assessment order passed u/s.153A of the Act duly considered the seized material and in the present case the Commissioner of Income Tax wanted to consider the statement of affairs filed by the assessee during the course of assessment u/s.153A though it was not part of the seized material and it cannot be considered for framing assessment u/s.153A of the Act as assessment for the assessment year 2006-07 has already been completed u/s.143(3) and re-assessment u/s.153A be made only on the basis of incriminating material found in the course of search but not produced in the course of original assessment The taxing authority can act only if there is power under the statute to do so. Being so, the contention of the Departmental Representative cannot be accepted that before the Commissioner of Income Tax, the assessee has conceded that the statement of affairs needs to be examined, so that revision of jurisdiction u/s.263 is appropriate. In our opinion this is not a fit case for revision u/s.263 of the Act and we are cancelling the order passed u/s.263 for the year 2006-07. The revision order passed for the assessment years 2007- 08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12 were mere aftermath to the order passed u/s.263 for the assessment year 2006-07. The Commissioner of Income Tax himself agreed that findings for assessment year 2006-07 having cascading effect on the subsequent assessment years i.e from 2007-08 to 2012- 2013. Since, we have cancelled the revision order for the assessment year 2006-07 on the basis on which revision order for the other assessment year was framed, these orders cannot stand on their own leg, in view of the cancellation of the revision order of the assessment year 2006-07. Thus, all the other orders passed u/s.263 by Commissioner of Income Tax are annulled - Decided in favour of assessee
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