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2021 (12) TMI 210 - HC - Income TaxValidity of Revision u/s 264 - Reopening of assessment u/s 147 - Whether revision under Section 264 of the 1961 Act is an alternate remedy to the remedy of regular appeal provided under Section 246 of the 1961 Act or not? - HELD THAT - Prescription of waiver of right of appeal as sine qua non for entertaining revision leads to an inevitable conclusion that the remedy available under Section 264 of the 1961 Act is an alternate remedy to the appeal. The provision itself provides for the cases in which the authority shall not revise any order which are enumerated in sub-Section 4. It is not the case of respondents that the case of the petitioner is barred on any of the aforesaid counts. Thus in our view the revisional authority erred in dismissing the revision petition filed by the petitioner merely on the ground that the same was not maintainable . As already held hereinabove remedy under Section 264 of the 1961 Act is an alternate remedy to the appeal under Section 246 of the 1961 Act. Once the petitioner chose to revoke the revisional jurisdiction the authority was under obligation to decide the same in accordance with the provisions of Section 264 of the 1961 Act only - See Paradigm Geophysical Pty. Ltd 2017 (11) TMI 1157 - DELHI HIGH COURT Whether the authority ought not have proceeded to give findings on merits after holding that revision was not maintainable? - We need to observe that it is a trite law that in case the Court wishes to non-suit the litigant on the issue of maintainability it ought not enter into the merits of the case as held in Nawab Shaqafath Ali Khan Ors. Versus Nawaz Imdad Jah Bahadur Ors. 2009 (3) TMI 1023 - SUPREME COURT . However in the present case(s) the revisional authority has not only dismissed the revision petition as not maintainable but has also non-suited petitioner(s) on the merits of the case. Keeping in view the aforesaid discussions we hold that the impugned order is erroneous on both the counts. Consequently we deem it appropriate to set aside the orders passed by the revisional authority in all the three petitions. The matter is remanded to the Commissioner to decide the revision petitions afresh in accordance with law.
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