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2021 (5) TMI 37 - HC - Income TaxDefault u/s 201 - demand notices challenged by the petitioners on the ground that the tax that has been demanded as arrears of tax from the petitioners Tax Deducted at Source by the second respondent but was not paid the credit of the Central Government - HELD THAT:- The counters filed by the first and the third respondent do not give the exact amount of tax that was allegedly due from the petitioners which ought to have been paid by the petitioners as per the assessments completed for the respective petitioners under section 143 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 as modified by orders passed under section 154 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. During the intervening period, orders have been passed under section 201(i) and 201(IA) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 against the second respondent by three separate orders dated 16 01.2018 for the assessment years 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 as mentioned above. These have to be factored while demanding arrears of tax to the petitioners. To the extent tax was deducted by the second respondent and not remitted by the second respondent to the Income Tax Department, recovery can be only directed against the second respondent as the second respondent is the assessee in default. The petitioner cannot be made to pay tax twice. Recovery of any of such Tax Deducted at Source but not remitted by the second respondent has to be recovered only from the second respondent. We quash the respective demand notices and direct the third respondent to issue fresh demand notices to the petitioners after taking note of the subsequent developments and payments made by the 2nd respondent. It is made clear that to the extent Tax was Deducted by the second respondent but not remitted, no demand shall be made against the petitioners. If the second respondent had failed to remit the tax to the credit of the Income Tax Department, it is however open to the department to recover the same from the 2nd respondent in the manner known to Law. Balance of tax if any, which has escaped payment alone can be recovered from the Petitioners, by issuing suitable notice under the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Such notice may be issued within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order.
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