TMI Blog1993 (7) TMI 69X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the amount permissible under the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965. By the order dated March 22, 1987, the Inspecting Assistant Commissioner of Income-tax (Assessment) reassessed the income of the petitioner for the assessment year 1982-83. Aggrieved, the petitioner preferred an appeal before the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals), Varanasi. The Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) by order dated March 24, 1988, partly allowed the appeal. The Commissioner of Income-tax allowed the claim of the petitioner regarding payment of bonus at the rate of 20 per cent. Thereafter, the Revenue filed an appeal against the order of the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal, vide its order dated August 21, ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... vailable to it by moving an application under section 256(1) of the Act before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. It is an established view of law that where a person is pursuing an alternative remedy, the High Court would not interfere in writ proceedings, as the jurisdiction exercised in writ proceedings is an extraordinary one and the powers are to be exercised in rare and exceptional cases. In view of this, we decline to interfere with the order of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal which is impugned in this petition. It was then contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that the remedy under section 256(1) of the Act is not an equally efficacious and effective remedy inasmuch as the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal has no power to ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the Appellate Tribunal retains its appellate power during the pendency of an application under section 256(1) or (2) of the Act, the necessary consequence is that it possesses all the incidental or ancillary powers of appellate jurisdiction. It is a well-established view of law that the power to grant stay is incidental and ancillary to the appellate jurisdiction. In view of this, where an application has been moved under section 256(1) of the Act or an application is pending under section 256(2) of the Act, the Tribunal has power to grant stay in appropriate cases. It is true that, where an application under section 256(2) of the Act is pending before the High Court, the High Court has no power to grant stay in that proceeding but the Trib ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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