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2022 (11) TMI 1138 - HC - Income TaxReopening of assessment u/s 147 - accommodation entries entry transactions - entity Mridul Securities is involved in providing accommodation entries and the Assessee is the beneficiary of the specified alleged transaction - HELD THAT:- As Petitioner contends that it has duly purchased the said 32,000 shares from Mridul Securities but there are no relevant or contemporaneous documents evidencing the said purchase, i.e. bank statement etc., placed on record in this petition. As regards the disclosure, if any, of the purchase of the shares, in its earlier ROI, it was clarified by the learned counsel for the Petitioner that since the shares were bought in the same financial year, it is only the transaction with respect to sale of shares which is reported in the ROI. Thus, it is only the sale of shares which is documented by the Assessee in its ROI. SCN and impugned order states that the entity Mridul Securities is involved in providing accommodation entries and the Assessee is the beneficiary of the specified alleged transaction, in respect whereof, information has been received by the AO and the said transaction is not disputed by the Petitioner. In light of the information which forms the basis of the initiation of the inquiry and in view of the fact that the transactions with Mridul Securities are admitted by the Petitioners, we do not find any case for interfering in the writ proceedings. This Court finds that the Petitioners have not brought on record anything to suggest that the reassessment proceedings are being undertaken in an arbitrary manner. With respect to the contention raised on the issue of limitation and the arguments of learned counsel for the Petitioners that the notice has been issued beyond limitation has already been rejected by this Court in Touchstone case [2022 (9) TMI 892 - DELHI HIGH COURT] The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income Tax v. Chabildas and Anr. [2013 (8) TMI 458 - SUPREME COURT] has held that as the Act of 1961 provides an able machinery for assessment/reassessment of tax, the Assessee is not permitted to abandon with the machinery and invoke writ jurisdiction of the High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. This Court is of the view that the present cases do not fall under the exceptional ground on which a writ jurisdiction of the High Court can be invoked. WP dismissed.
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