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आदेश/Order
Per Sanjay Garg, Judicial Member :
The present appeal has been preferred by the assessee against the order dated 27.09.2018 of the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals), [hereinafter referred to as CIT(A)]-2, Amritsar Camp at Chandigarh agitating the levy of penalty u/s 272A(2)(c) of the Income Tax Act.
The sole reason for the levy of the above penalty is that the assessee failed to supply the requisite information in the electronic form/CD as required by the Assessing Officer. However, the case of the assessee has been that it supplied the requisite information not only in the hard copy but also in the soft copy as was demanded by the Assessing Officer. Though there is no denial of the receipt of the requisite information by the Department in writing/hard copy, however, the observation of the Assessing Officer is that the assessee
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failed to supply the requisite information in soft copy/C.D. On the
other hand, the assessee, right from the beginning has pleaded that it
has supplied information both in hard copy and soft copy but could
not furnish the evidence of supplying the soft copy to the concerned
authorities.
We have considered the rival contentions. Admittedly the
assessee has supplied the requisite information in writing/on hard
copy. Though the plea of the assessee is that it has also supplied the
information in soft copy/C.D. but the assessee could not furnish the
evidence in this respect, however, the fact that is proved on the file
that the requisite information, though in the hard copy was supplied
to the concerned authorities within the stipulated period. It is not a
case where the assessee has intentionally avoided the compliance of
the directions of the Assessing Officer. In view of this, we do not find it
a fit case for levy of penalty u/s 272(A)(2)(c) of the Income Tax Act.
The penalty levied by the lower authorities is, therefore, ordered to be
deleted.
The appeal of the assessee is hereby allowed.
Order pronounced in the Open Court on 28.11. 2018. Sd/- Sd/-
(अ�नपूणा� गु�ता) (�ी संजय गग�) (ANNAPURNA GUPTA) (SANJAY GARG ) लेखा सद�य/ Accountant Member �या�यक सद�य/ Judicial Member आदेश क� ��त�ल�प अ�े�षत/ Copy of the order forwarded to : अपीलाथ�/ The Appellant 1. ��यथ�/ The Respondent 2. आयकर आयु�त/ CIT 3. आयकर आयु�त (अपील)/ The CIT(A) 4. �वभागीय ��त�न�ध, आयकर अपील�य आ�धकरण, च�डीगढ़/ DR, ITAT, CHANDIGARH 5. गाड� फाईल/ Guard File 6.
आदेशानुसार/ By order, सहायक पंजीकार/ Assistant Registrar