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Facts
The assessee filed three appeals against a common order of the CIT(A) for AY 2014-15, 2016-17, and 2018-19, which originated from rectification orders passed by the Assessing Officer under section 154 of the Act. The assessee contended that their rectification applications, concerning issues like DDT payment credit and demand discrepancies, were not adequately addressed. However, the CIT(A) noted that the AO had, in fact, accepted these claims and passed rectification orders, thereby reducing the assessee's tax liability.
Held
The Tribunal observed the assessee's absence during the hearing and relied on the Ld. DR's submission that the assessee had no remaining grievance because their rectification applications had been accepted by the Assessing Officer. Since the AO had acted upon the assessee's requests for rectification, leading to a reduction in demand, the Tribunal found no infirmity in the CIT(A)'s order. Consequently, the assessee's appeals were dismissed as lacking grounds for grievance.
Key Issues
Whether the appeals challenging the CIT(A)'s order were maintainable when the Assessing Officer had already rectified the assessment orders under Section 154 of the Income Tax Act, thereby addressing the assessee's grievances regarding tax liability and demand discrepancies.
Sections Cited
Section 154, Section 153A, Section 143(3)
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Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, DELHI BENCH “E” NEW DELHI
Before: SHRI CHALLA NAGENDRA PRASAD & SHRI PRADIP KUMAR KEDIA
Assessee by None Revenue by Shri Subhra Jyoti Chakraborty, CIT DR सुनवाईक�तारीख/ Date of hearing: 06.03.2024 17.05.2024 उ�ोषणाक�तारीख/Pronouncement on आदेश /O R D E R PER C.N. PRASAD, J.M.
These three appeals are filed by the assessee against the common order of the Ld. CIT(Appeals)-27, New Delhi dated 21.06.2022 for the assessment years 2014-15, 2016-17 and 2018-19 arising out of the order passed by the Assessing Officer u/s 154 of the Act. The assessee raised the following common grounds in all these three appeals: -
“That the DCIT has finalized the order without going into the facts and circumstances of the case in an ad hoc and arbitrary manner and hence the impugned order is to be set aside.
2. That the DCIT has finalized the order without application of mind and legal precedents and hence the order being bad in law needs to be set aside.
3. The assessee craves leave to add, amend and delete any of the grounds of appeal at the time of hearing.”
In spite of issue of several notices, none appeared on behalf of the assessee, nor any adjournment was made. Therefore, we dispose of these appeals on hearing the Ld. DR.
Ld. DR submitted that in these appeals the assessee has no grievance for the reason that the rectification applications filed by the assessee have been accepted by the Assessing Officer and on appreciation of this fact the Ld. CIT(A) dismissed the appeals of the assessee.
We have perused the order of the Ld.CIT(A) and find that the Assessing Officer passed rectification orders accepting the claims of the assessee. The findings of the Ld.CIT(A) are as under: -
“4.5 For A.Y. 2014-15, the appellant submitted that while calculating tax liability credit of DDT payment was not given. Therefore, the AO found claim of the appellant correct and vide rectification order dated
29.12.2021, reduced the liability of the appellant i.e. demand from Rs.12,39,680/- tο Rs.3,39,400/-. 4.6 For A.Y. 2016-17 & 2018-19, the appellant submitted that demand of Rs.6,77,410/- & Rs.1,06,530/- were raised by assessment order u/s 153A/143(3) of the Act, however demand of Rs.10,04,164/- & Rs.11,07,947/- were showing on online on CPC-Bengaluru, respectively. Therefore, the AO found claim of the appellant correct and vide rectification order dated 29.12.2021, reduced the liability of the appellant i.e. demand from Rs.10,04,164/- to Rs.6,77,410/- for A.Y. 2016-17 and from Rs.11,07,947/- to Rs.1,06,530/- for A.Y. 2018-19. 4.7 In view of above facts that the AO had not suo- moto initiated rectification proceedings and only after receiving rectification application from the appellant, proceeded with rectification proceedings and liability of the appellant was reduced, the contention of the appellant is not found acceptable and this ground of appeal is hereby dismissed.”
5. Therefore, since the Assessing Officer acted upon the rectification applications filed by the assessee for all these assessment years allowing the request of the assessee, we see no grievance of the assessee in the appeals filed before us. The assessee also did not brought on record as to how he was aggrieved by the 154 order passed by the Assessing Officer. Hence, we see no infirmity in the order passed by the Ld.CIT(A). The grounds raised by the assessee are rejected.
In the result, all the three appeals filed by the assessee for assessment years 2014-15, 2016-17 & 2018-19 are dismissed.
Order pronounced in the open court on 17.05.2024