M/S Pallipuram Service Co-Op Bank Ltd, Ernakulam vs. The ITO Non Corp Ward 2(5), Kochi
In the result, the appeal filed by the assessee is dismissed, and it’s stay petition, dismissed as infructuous
ITA 322/COCH/2023[2011-12]Status: DisposedITAT Cochin31 May 2024AY 2011-12
Bench: Shri Sanjay Arora, Am & Ms. Kavitha Rajagopal, Jm
For Appellant: Sri. Alan P Dev, AdvocateFor Respondent: Smt.J.M.Jamuna Devi, Sr. DR
Section 139Section 143(3)Section 147Section 148Section 148(1)Section 154Section 156Section 234ASection 234A(1)
…its of no two views; the charging of interest u/s.234A, as indeed u/ss. 234B and 234C, mandatory and compensatory in nature, is automatic. Decisions, holding to the contrary, viz. Tej Kumari v. CIT [2001] 247 ITR 210 (Pat) (FB); CIT v. Ranchi Club Ltd. [1996] 222 ITR 44 (Pat), do not represent good law. That being the case, the AO has no discretion in the matter. His failure, therefore, in not issuing the direction to charge interest in the assessment order, is to no consequence, and clearly a mistake, rectifiable u/s. 154. Finally, we consider the aspect of computation of interest, on which, again, no issue was…