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August 2026

Balkar Singh vs. Initiating Officer: Provisional attachments under section 24(4) must relate to the same property previously attached under section 24(3), not different assets.

By Jagdish Punjabi, Chartered Accountant | Ritu Punjabi, Advocate
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1. [2026] 182 taxmann.com 25 (SAFEMA – New Delhi)

Balkar Singh v. Initiating Officer

Date of Order : 17.12.2025

Provisional attachment under section 24(4)(a)(i) of PBPT Act provides only for the continuation of a provisional attachment made under section 24(3) till the passing of the order by the Adjudicating Authority - therefore the property attached under section 24(4)(a)(i) cannot be different from the property attached under section 24(3)

FACTS

A provisional attachment under section 24(3) of the PBPT Act was made by the Initiating Officer (IO) in respect of the bank account of the Appellant with Andhra Bank. Subsequently, while pa

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