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TMI Blog2021 (12) TMI 826X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 6th March, 2019 issued under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (the Act) and the order dated 22nd October, 2019 disposing petitioner's objections to the re-opening. 2. Petitioner has challenged notice dated 26th March, 2019 on various grounds including non application of mind by the Assessing Officer while issuing notice. 3. We have considered the petition with documents annexed thereto, r ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 47 are applicable to facts of this case and the assessment year under consideration is deemed to be a case where income chargeable to tax has escaped assessment". 5. The fact is the return of income for A.Y. 2012-13 filed by petitioner on 24th September, 2012 has been assessed under Section 143(3) of the Act and the Assessment Order dated 31st March, 2015 has been passed. Therefore, the Assessing ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e objective of completing reassessment in accordance with the procedures laid down. On this ground alone, the notice dated 26th March, 2019 has to be set aside. 6. Moreover, Mr. Gandhi submitted that despite repeated requests for copy of the sanction under Section 151 of the Act, the same has not been provided. The averment to that effect in the petition has not even been denied in the affidavit ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ally without application of mind to the facts because if only the Assessing Officer had placed the entire file before the sanctioning authority he would have pointed out the error in the reasons for re-opening. 8. In the circumstances, petition is allowed in terms of prayer clause (a) which read as under : (a) That this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to issue under Article 226 of the Constitution ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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