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2006 (7) TMI 152 - DELHI HIGH COURTOrders passed by the appropriate authority u/s 269UD - In this petition for a writ of certiorari, the petitioner assails the validity of orders passed by the appropriate authority u/s 269UD for compulsory purchase of property - petition also makes a claim for payment of damages for the alleged illegal, arbitrary and mala fide withholding of permission prayed for by the petitioner for the transfer of the said property. - in our opinion, time that we give a quietus to the entire controversy. Chapter XX-C of the Income-tax Act, it is noteworthy, has been deleted from the statute book with the result that no compulsory purchases are permissible post deletion of the said provisions. - this petition succeeds and is hereby allowed. The impugned orders of compulsory purchase passed by the appropriate authority shall stand quashed. In the light of what is stated earlier, we do not find any room for grant of any relief in the nature of damages claimed by the petitioner.
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