MOHAMMED HANEEF ,BENGALURU vs. INCOME TAX OFFICER, WARD-5(2)(5), BENGALURU

In this case, the Assessing Officer (in short “the AO”) as per information available with the Department, found that there have been substantial cash deposits during demonetization period in the Assessee’s bank accounts, whereas the Assessee has not filed his return of income for the assessment year under consideration u/s.139(1) of the Act, and therefore, the AO by issuing show cause notice dated 12.03.2018 u/s.142(1) of the Act, called for the return of income for the assessment year under consideration. However, there was no response from the Assessee. In the absence of any reply/document by the Assessee, the AO ultimately made the following additions:

The Assessee being aggrieved challenged the aforesaid additions before the Ld. Commissioner, who vide impugned order affirmed the aforesaid additions, against which the Assessee is in appeal before us.

We have given thoughtful consideration to the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case and observe that in spite of sending various notices to the Assessee by the Ld. Commissioner, the Assessee neither made any submission nor filed any document and therefore, the Ld. Commissioner in the constrained circumstances dismissed the appeal filed by the Assessee. The Assessee though claimed that it has not received the notices as alleged in the impugned order, however without substantive material, the said claim raised by the Assessee is untenable and therefore the Assessee do not observe any leniency, however considering the peculiar facts and circumstances as the Ld. Commissioner in the absence of relevant reply/documents of the Assessee, was unable the decide the issues involved before him in its right perspective and on merits as well, and therefore, we for the just decision of the case and for want of substantial justice are inclined to give one more opportunity to the Assessee to substantiate its case before the Ld. Commissioner. Accordingly, the case is remanded to the file of the Ld. Commissioner for decision afresh, suffice to say by affording reasonable opportunity to the Assessee to substantiate its case.

In the result, appeal filed by the Assessee is allowed for statistical purposes.