P.A.NOORUDDIN vs. INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL

OP/3225/2001HC KeralaKLHC01025292200124 January 2014Author: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE A.M.SHAFFIQUE4 pages
AI SummaryDismissed

What were the facts?

The petitioner, P.A. Nooruddin, challenged orders passed by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Cochin Bench. The petitioner filed an Original Petition (OP) before the High Court of Kerala seeking to set aside an ex parte order passed by the ITAT. The petitioner contended that he did not receive notice for the final hearing date. The ITAT, in its order, noted that multiple opportunities for appearance were granted, and a registered notice with acknowledgment due was served on the petitioner. The ITAT rejected the petitioner's application to set aside the ex parte order, having decided the matter on merits.

What did the High Court hold?

The High Court held that the ITAT was justified in rejecting the petitioner's application to set aside the ex parte order. The court found that the ITAT's records, as reflected in paragraph 5 of its order, showed that multiple opportunities for appearance were granted to the petitioner, and a registered notice with acknowledgment due had been duly served. Therefore, the court concluded that there was no violation of natural justice. The court also noted that the ITAT had decided the matter on merits, and it was open for the petitioner to challenge that order. The writ petition was found to lack merit.

What were the issues?

1. Whether the ITAT erred in rejecting the petitioner's application to set aside the ex parte order, thereby violating principles of natural justice, given the petitioner's contention of not receiving notice for the final hearing date (mixed law and fact, concerning procedural fairness). The petitioner argued that no notice was issued for the final hearing date of 3.10.1994. The revenue did not present arguments in this specific High Court proceeding, but the ITAT's order, as referred to in the judgment, indicated that several opportunities and registered notices with acknowledgment due had been issued and served on the petitioner.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE A.M.SHAFFIQUE FRIDAY, THE 24TH DAY OF JANUARY 2014/4TH MAGHA, 1935 ------------------------ PETITIONER : ---------- P.A.NOORUDDIN, C/O.FASHION SILK HOUSE, G.B.ROAD, PALAKKAD, RESIDING AT AHMED SAHIB MANZIL, BY ADVS.SRI.N.MURALEEDHARAN NAIR SRI.R.MURALIDHARAN (AROOR) SRI.V.K.SHAMUSUDHEEN RESPONDENTS: -----------

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INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, COCHIN BENCH, KALATHIPARAMBIL ROAD, KOCHI-16. 2. INCOME TAX OFFICER, B-WARD, CIRCLE-II, TRICHUR R2 BY ADV. SRI.GEORGE K. GEORGE, SC FOR IT THIS ORIGINAL PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 24-01-2014, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: BP APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS : P1: COPY OF THE ASSESSMENT ORDER PASSED BY THE R2 DT 10/10/1986 FOR THE YEAR 1982-83. P2: COPY OF THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONR OF INCOME-TAX (APPEALES-II) ET DT 6/12/1998 P3: COPY OF THE ORDER OF THE R1 DT 5/10/1994. P4: COPY OF THE PETITION TO SET ASIDE THE ORDER IN ITA NO.144/COCH/89 DT 5/10/1994, FILED BY THE PETITIONER. P5: COPY OF THE ORDER OF THE R1 IN MP NO. 21(COCHIN)/1998

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