RAJESH JAINARAIN AEREN,DELHI vs. INCOME TAX OFFICER WARD 30(5), DELHI
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, DELHI BENCH ‘A’: NEW DELHI
Before: SHRI SATBEER SINGH GODARA & SHRI S.RIFAUR RAHMANRajesh Jainarain Aeren, vs.
PER S. RIFAUR RAHMAN, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER :
The assessee has filed appeal against the order of the Learned Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals)/National Faceless Appeal Centre (NFAC), Delhi [“Ld. CIT(A)”, for short] dated 12.11.2024 for the Assessment Year 2014-15. 2. At the outset, it was submitted by the ld. AR for the assessee that Assessing Officer has passed the assessment order under section 147 r.w.s. 144 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (for short ‘the Act’) without
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giving proper opportunity to the assessee and Ld. CIT(A) affirmed the action of the AO. Ld. DR relied upon the order of the authorities below.
3. Considered the rival submissions and perused the material on record.
Upon careful consideration, we are of the considered view that in the interest of justice, the matter requires denovo assessment. Therefore, we remit back the issues to the file of the Assessing Officer with the directions to decide the same afresh, after giving adequate opportunity of being heard to the assessee, for which Ld. DR has no objection. Assessee is directed through his counsel to fully cooperate with the AO during the proceedings. We hold and direct accordingly.
4. In the result, the appeal filed by the assessee is allowed for statistical purposes.
Order pronounced in the open court on this 13TH day of May, 2025
after the conclusion of the hearing. (SATBEER SINGH GODARA)
ACCOUNTANT MEMBER
Dated:13.05.2025
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