Facts
The assessee filed an appeal against the order of the CIT(A) for Assessment Year 2014-2015. The assessee's representative requested one more opportunity to present their case and submit details before the CIT(A).
Held
The Tribunal restored the issues to the file of the CIT(A) for fresh adjudication after granting the assessee an adequate opportunity of being heard. This was subject to the assessee paying a cost of Rs. 20,000/- to the Legal Aid Services within sixty days.
Key Issues
Whether the assessee should be granted a further opportunity to present their case before the CIT(A) after non-cooperation in the appellate proceedings.
Sections Cited
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Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, “SMC” BENCH KOLKATA
Before: SHRI GEORGE MATHAN
O R D E R This is an appeal filed by the assessee against the order of the ld CIT(A), Kolkata-21, dated 29.01.2025, passed for the assessment year 2014-2015.
Shri Miraj D. Shah, ld. AR appeared on behalf of the assessee and Shri S.B.Chakraborthy, ld.Sr. DR appeared on behalf of the revenue.
It was the submission of the ld. AR that the ld. CIT(A) with affording sufficient opportunity has dismissed the appeal of the assessee. It was also submitted that the assessee may be given one more opportunity to represent its case before the ld.CIT(A), so that the assessee could be able to provide the details to substantiate its case for the year under consideration before the ld.CIT(A).
In reply, Ld. Sr. DR supported the orders of the ld. AO and the ld. CIT(A). It was the submission that restoring the matter to the file of ld.CIT(A)
2 would be, in fact, giving the assessee a second round which should not be granted.
A perusal of the impugned order passed by the Id. CIT(A) at page 4, shows that the assessee has not cooperated in the appellate proceedings However, ld. AR before us requested for one more opportunity to produce the documents before the ld.CIT(A) to file all the details as required. In such circumstances, in the interest of justice, we restore the issues to the file of Id. CIT(A) for readjudicating the issues afresh after granting the assessee adequate opportunity of being heard, subject to a payment of cost of Rs.20,000/-(Rupees Twenty Thousand only) by the assessee to the Legal Aid Services, 3rd Floor of the Centenary Building, High Court, Calcutta-700001, within sixty days from the date of this order and receipt of the same would be produced before the ld. CIT(A) at the first hearing. The assessee is also directed to cooperate with the ld. CIT(A) in the readjudication proceedings, positively.
In the result, appeal of the assessee is partly allowed for statistical purposes. Order dictated and pronounced in the open court on 02/07/2025. (जाजज माथन) (GEORGE MATHAN) न्यानयक सदस्य / JUDICIAL MEMBER कोलकाता Kolkata; ददनाांक Dated 02/07/2025 Prakash Kumar Mishra, Sr.P.S.