NARENDER SINGH SHEKHAWAT,B-120, ACHARYA VINOBA BHAVE NAGAR, VAISHALI NAGAR, JAIPUR vs. THE INCOME TAX OFFICER, WARD 1(3), JAIPUR

आयकर अपीलीय अधिकरण] जयपुर न्यायपीठ] जयपुर IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, JAIPUR BENCHES,”SMC” JAIPUR Jh lanhi xkslkbZ] U;kf;d lnL; ,oa Jh jkBkSM+ deys'k t;arHkkbZ] ys[kk lnL; ds le{k BEFORE: SHRI SANDEEP GOSAIN, JM & SHRI RATHOD KAMLESH JAYANTBHAI, AM vk;dj vihy la-@ITA No. 451/JP/2023 fu/kZkj.k o"kZ@Assessment Years : 2011-12 cuke Narender Singh Shekhawat The Income Tax Officer, Vs. B-120, Acharya Vinobha Bhave Ward 1(3), Jaipur Nagar, Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur LFkk;h ys[kk la-@thvkbZvkj la-@PAN/GIR No.: BCHPS 5451 D vihykFkhZ@Appellant izR;FkhZ@Respondent fu/kZkfjrh dh vksj ls@ Assessee by : Sh. Sumer Singh Shekhawat jktLo dh vksj ls@ Revenue by : Sh. A. S. Nehra (Addl. CIT) lquokbZ dh rkjh[k@ Date of Hearing : 19/10/2023 mn?kks"k.kk dh rkjh[k@Date of Pronouncement: 09/11/2023 vkns'k@ ORDER

PER: RATHOD KAMLESH JAYANTBHAI, AM

This appeal filed by assessee is arising out of the order of the National Faceless Appeal Centre, Delhi dated 11/05/2023 [here in after (NFAC)/ ld. CIT(A) ] for assessment year 2011-12 which in turn arise from the order dated 29.10.2018 passed under section 144/147 of the Income Tax Act, by ITO, Ward 3(5), Jaipur.

2 ITA No. 451/JP/2023 Narendra Singh Shekhawat vs. ITO 2. In this appeal, the assessee has raised following grounds: -

“1. The Learned A.O, erred to avoid facts as under The Assessee after filing Appeal to The CIT (Appeals) on 02.11.2018 against the order of the ITO Ward 3 (5), Jaipur Dated 29.10.2018 and after Ward in response to the Scheme of Department, Opted « VIVAD SE VISHWAS SCHEME, 2020» having duly fulfilled get availed Form. 1 and Form 2 on 27.01.2021, Copies of the Same are furnished herewith on 23.02.2021 having obtained certificate No. 271778880230221 from Hon'ble PCIT, Jaipur-1, Assessee Deposited Rs. 34526 by Form No. 4 BSR Code of Bank 0014431 on 31.10.2021 Challan No. 00474 of Rs. 34526 Thereafter to issue. The Form No. 5 was "The Action only to taken by the Department, and they did not issued that in due course' 2. The Learned Assessing officer erred to make addition of Rs. 4,58,612 against the Provision of Law in lack of Submission of Form No. 5 which was only to generated by Department itself and Assessee is not at all defaulter for the action not being taken by I. T. Department in due course 3. The Assessee craves to make a addition, modification, Alternation, correction in grounds of Appeal on or before last date fixed for hearing of the Appeal.”

assessee filed his return of income for A.Y. 2011-12 u/s 139(1) of the IT

Act, 1961 on 30.07.2011 vide acknowledgement No.262144070300711

declaring total income at Rs. 4,94,978/-. The case was reopened u/s 147

after recording reasons and notice u/s 148 of the IT Act, 1961 was issued

after getting prior approval from the competent authority. Notice u/s 148

was issued to the assessee on 28.03.2018 and was duly served upon the

assessee through registered post on 29.03.2018.The assessee did not file

his return of income in response to notice u/s 148. Notice u/s 142(1) along

with detailed questionnaire were issued. In response thereto, the

3 ITA No. 451/JP/2023 Narendra Singh Shekhawat vs. ITO assesssee furnished information / documents called for and ultimately the

assessment order is passed on u/s. 144 of the Act determining the income

of the assessee at Rs. 9,54,524/- vide order dated 29.10.2018.

appeal before the ld. CIT(A). Apropos to the grounds so raised the relevant

finding of the ld. CIT(A) is reiterated here in below:

“4.2 I have carefully gone through the grounds of appeal, facts of the case, assessment order passed by the AO. In this appeal no proper grounds of appeal were raised. On perusal of records, it is noticed that during the course of appellate proceedings, appellant had not filed or uploaded any response/written submissions in spite of four notices were issued to the appellant. The notices u/s 250 the Act was issued to the appellant on 19/02/2021 requiring compliance on 08/03/2021, on 08/07/2021 requiring compliance on 23/07/2021, on 08/11/2021 requiring compliance on 25/11/2021. However, no reply/submissions were uploaded in this office. The case was again fixed for hearing by issuing notice u/s 250 on 28/04/2023 requiring compliance on 08/05/2023 and again there is no response as yet. However, the appeal is being decided on merit as under: 4.3 In this case notice u/s 148 was issued to the appellant after taking prior approval from the competent authority on 28.03.2018. Appellant has not filed any return of income in response to the notice u/s 148. Further, no response was either filed by the appellant against the statutory notice issued u/s 142(1). Hence, income of the appellant was assessed u/s 144/147 of the Act after making the addition of Rs. 4,58,612/- as short term capital gain on sale of flat and Rs. 934/- as income from other sources. From the ground of appeal filed, though it is not proper, it appears that appellant is challenging the addition of Rs. 4,58,612/- on account of capital gain made to the total income of the appellant. 4.4 I have carefully gone through the grounds of appeal, facts of the case, assessment order passed by the AO. AO has calculated the capital gain after duly considering the sale deed dated 16/11/2009 uploaded by the appellant along with the Form 35 and after duly taking into account the cost of construction of flat as well as approportionate cost of land @ Rs.4,95,000/-. Therefore, in view of the elaborate discussion/analysis and conclusion of the A.O. in the Assessment order, and in absence of any response received from the appellant, I find no reason to interfere in the finding of the A.O. Appellant has not submitted anything

4 ITA No. 451/JP/2023 Narendra Singh Shekhawat vs. ITO either during the course of assessment proceedings or appellate proceedings to substantiate and rebut the finding of the AO. Hence, A.O. has rightly calculated the capital gain on sale of flat at Rs. 4,58,612/-. Thus the addition of Rs. 4,58,612/- is upheld and Ground no. 1 of the appeal is dismissed. 5.0 In the result, the appeal of the appellant is dismissed.” 5. As the appeal of the assessee was dismissed without the opportunity

of being heard to the assessee the assessee has challenged the order of

the ld. CIT(A) on the grounds as reiterated here in above. The ld. AR of the

assessee in support of the grounds so raised submitted that the assessee

has opted for Vivad Se Viswas scheme 2020. Having duly eligible availed

the benefit of the scheme and stage of issue of form no. 1,2,3 & 4 has been

reached. The PCIT, Jaipur-1 has issued certificate no. 271778880230221

and the assessee has paid the taxes as per the scheme on 31.10.2021 vide

challan no. 00474. The form no. 5 ultimately not received so far and

therefore, the assessee remained non-compliant before the ld. CIT(A). The

ld. AR of the assessee submitted that these facts are not examined by the

ld. CIT(A) and if given a chance the assessee would like to plea these

contentions before the ld. CIT(A) and based on these arguments he prayed

to set aside the issue to the file of the ld. CIT(A).

the prayer of the assessee and at the same did not placed on record as to

why the form no. 5 is not issued to the assessee.

5 ITA No. 451/JP/2023 Narendra Singh Shekhawat vs. ITO 7. We have heard the rival contentions and perused the material placed

on record. The bench noted that the appeal of the assessee dismissed

without affording the opportunity of being heard to the assessee. Before us

the ld. AR of the assessee submitted that the assessee has opted for Vivad

Se Viswas scheme 2020, having so eligible have also filed the form no.

1,2,3 & 4. Even the PCIT, Jaipur-1 has issued certificate no.

271778880230221 and the assessee has paid the taxes as per the scheme

on 31.10.2021 vide challan no. 00474. The form no. 5 ultimately not

received by the assessee and therefore, the assessee could not submit that

information to the ld. CIT(A). The ld. AR of the assessee submitted that

these facts are not examined by the ld. CIT(A) and if given a chance the

assessee would like to plead these contentions before the ld. CIT(A) and

based on these arguments he prayed to set aside the issue to the file of the

ld. CIT(A). On the other hand, we found that the ld. DR did not raise any

specific objection to the prayer of the assessee and not disputed the

contentions so raised. Therefore, we are of the considered view that the

assessee is deprived of justice. Based on these set of facts we are inclined

to accept the request of the ld. AR of the assessee to set aside the case to

the file of the ld. CIT(A), to decide the case of the assessee after giving

proper opportunity of being heard to the assessee. At the same time, the

6 ITA No. 451/JP/2023 Narendra Singh Shekhawat vs. ITO assessee is directed to represent and present all the facts before the ld.

CIT(A) and should not ask for adjournment of philanderer’s grounds. At this

stage, we remand back the matter without commenting upon the merits of

the case and ld. CIT(A) is directed to pass an appropriate order in

accordance with law.

In the result, the appeal of the assessee is allowed for statistical

purposes.

Order pronounced in the open court on 09/11/2023. Sd/- Sd/- ¼ lanhi xkslkbZ ½ ¼ jkBkSM deys’k t;arHkkbZ ½ (Sandeep Gosain) (Rathod Kamlesh Jayantbhai) U;kf;d lnL;@Judicial Member ys[kk lnL;@Accountant Member Tk;iqj@Jaipur fnukad@Dated:- 09/11/2023 *Ganesh Kumar, PS आदेश की प्रतिलिपि अग्रेf’ात@ब्वचल वf जीम वतकमत वितूंतकमक जवरू 1. The Appellant- Narender Singh Shekhawat, Jaipur 2. izR;FkhZ@ The Respondent- ITO, Ward 1(3), Jaipur 3. vk;dj vk;qDr@ The ld CIT vk;dj vk;qDr¼vihy½@The ld CIT(A) 4. विभागीय प्रतिनिधि] आयकर अपीलीय अधिकरण] जयपुर@क्त्ए प्ज्Aज्ए Jंपचनत 5. 6. xkMZ QkbZy@ Guard File (ITA No. 451/JP/2023) vkns'kkuqlkj@ By order,

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