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June 2023

Assessment pursuant to revision order – Appeal to the Appellate Tribunal – Pending appeal before the Appellate Tribunal against the revision order, AO issued notice for assessment pursuant to revision order – Assessee directed to co-operate with AO – But demand, if any, to be kept in abeyance till the disposal of appeal by the Tribunal.

By K. B.Bhujle | Ritu Punjabi
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15 Taqa Neyveli Power Co. Pvt Ltd vs. ITAT [2023] 452 ITR 302 (Mad) A.Y.: 2016-17 Date of order: 14th March, 2022 Section 263 of ITA 1961 Assessment pursuant to revision order – Appeal to the Appellate Tribunal – Pending appeal before the Appellate Tribunal against the revision order, AO issued notice for assessment pursuant to revision order – Assessee directed to co-operate with AO – But demand, if any, to be kept in abeyance till the disposal of appeal by the Tribunal. For A.Y. 2016-17, the assessment order was passed under section 143(3) of the Income-tax Act, 1961. Subsequently, the Commissioner passed a revision order under section 263 of the Act. The assessee preferred an appeal before the Tribunal against the revision order. Pending appeal before the Tribunal, the AO initiated the assessment pursuant to revision order and required the assessee to furnish the submissions along with the necessary evidence/documents in respect of the findings given in the revision order. The assessee filed a writ petition and contended that the appeal is pending before the ITAT against the order passed in revision under section 263 of the Act, since there is no provision to seek for stay of further proceedings pursuant to the order under appeal, the assessing authority has issued this communication dated 6th February, 2022. By doing this, they w