INCOME TAX OFFICER, WARD-1(1)(3), DEHRADUN, AAYKAR BHAWAN, SUBHASH ROAD, DEHRADUN vs. UTTARAKHAND PURV SAINIK KALYAN NIGAM LIMITED, STATION SUB AREA

In the result, appeal of the assessee is allowed

Bench: Sh. Yogesh Kumar U.S. & Sh. Manish Agarwal

148 of the Act on 22.01.2015 much before the end of the assessment year itself. Against the belated return of income filed by the assessee under section 139(4) of the Act on 06.10.2015, learned AO had time to issue notice under section 143(2) of the Act till 30.09.2016. 5. Learned DR before us vehemently argued that since

SH. ASHOK KUMAR,HARIDWAR vs. ITO, HARIDWAR

In the result, the appeal of the assessee is allowed

Bench: Shri Yogesh Kumar U.S. & Shri Manish Agarwalashok Kumar, Assessment Unit, 19, Sitapur Mazara, Jwalapur, Income Tax Haridwar, Uttarakhand-249407 Vs. Department. Pan-Btupk9604E (Appellant) (Respondent) Assessee By Shri Pankaj Goel, Adv. Department By Shri A. S. Rana, Sr. Dr Date Of Hearing 08/09/2025 Date Of Pronouncement 17/09/2025 O R D E R Per Manish Agarwal, Am: This Appeal Is Filed By The Assessee Against The Order Of Learned Commissioner Of Income Tax (Appeals), National Faceless Appeal Centre (Nfac), Delhi (‘The Ld. Cit(A)’ For Short) In Appeal No. Nfac/2014-15/10271519 Dated 10.04.2025 For Assessment Year 2015-16. 2. Brief Facts Of The Case Are That The Assessee Is An Agriculturist Having No Any Other Source Of Income Than Agricultural Income. Since, The Income From Agricultural Operations Is Exempt From Tax, He Was Not Obliged To File The Return Of Income. The Assessing Officer Based On The Information That Assessee Has Deposited A Sum Of Rs.76,00,000/- In Zila Sahkari Bank Ltd., Initiated Reassessment Proceedings In The Case Of Assessee By Recording Reasons That Income To The Extent Of Rs.76,00,000/- Has Escaped Assessment In The Order Passed U/S 148A(D) Of The Act. Accordingly, Notices U/S 148 Was Issued On 26.03.2022. In Response To Which Assessee Filed Return Of Income On 12.04.2022 Ashok Kumar Vs. Ito Declaring Total Income Of Rs.10,00,000/- From Agriculture Activity & Claimed The Same As Exempt From Tax. The Assessing Officer Passed The Reassessment Order Wherein He Has Made The Additions On Account Of Agriculture Income Of Rs.10,00,000/- By Treating The Same As Income From Other Sources & Further Made Additions Of Rs.76,00,000/- Being Cash Deposited During Demonetization As Unexplained Money U/S 69A Of The Act. The Ao Further Made Additions Of Rs.2,67,195/- As Against Nil Income Declared Towards Bank Interest.

2) of section 148 mandates reasons for issuance of notice by the Assessing Officer and sub-section (1) thereof mandates service of notice to the assessee before the Assessing Officer proceeds to assess, reassess

SOCIETY FOR ADVANCEMENT IN EDUCATION,MUSSOORIE vs. ITO EXEMPTION WORD DEHRADUN, DEHRADUN

In the result, appeals of the assessee are allowed

Bench: Yogesh Kumar U.S. & Shri Sanjay Awasthi

2), the Principal Chief Commissioner or the Chief Commissioner or the g Principal Commissioner or the Commissioner or the Joint Commissioner, as the case may be, being satisfied on the reasons recorded by the Assessing Officer about fitness of a case for the issue of notice under section 148, need not issue such notice himself." 12. A plain reading

SOCIETY FOR ADVANCEMENT IN EDUCATION,MUSSOORIE vs. ITO EXEMPTION WORD DEHRADUN, DEHRADUN

In the result, appeals of the assessee are allowed

Bench: Yogesh Kumar U.S. & Shri Sanjay Awasthi

2), the Principal Chief Commissioner or the Chief Commissioner or the g Principal Commissioner or the Commissioner or the Joint Commissioner, as the case may be, being satisfied on the reasons recorded by the Assessing Officer about fitness of a case for the issue of notice under section 148, need not issue such notice himself." 12. A plain reading

SOCIETY FOR ADVANCEMENT IN EDUCATION,MUSSOORIE vs. ITO EXEMPTION DEHRADUN, DEHRADUN

In the result, appeals of the assessee are allowed

Bench: Yogesh Kumar U.S. & Shri Sanjay Awasthi

2), the Principal Chief Commissioner or the Chief Commissioner or the g Principal Commissioner or the Commissioner or the Joint Commissioner, as the case may be, being satisfied on the reasons recorded by the Assessing Officer about fitness of a case for the issue of notice under section 148, need not issue such notice himself." 12. A plain reading

BR ASSOCIATES ,UTTARAKAHAND vs. ACIT , RISHIKESH

In the result, the appeal of the assessee is allowed and the assessment order is quashed

Bench: Shri Yogesh Kumar U.S & Shri Manish Agarwal[Through Virtual Mode] [Assessment Year : 2016-17] M/S. B R Associates Vs Acit Jolly Grant, Circle-1(4)(1) Bhaniyawala, Dehradun, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand-248140 Uttarakhand-249201 Pan-Aaqfb6241E Appellant Respondent Assessee By Shri Kanwal K.Juneja, Ca Revenue By Shri A.S.Rana, Sr.Dr Date Of Hearing 10.12.2025 Date Of Pronouncement 18.02.2026 Order Per Manish Agarwal, Am : The Present Appeal Is Filed By The Assessee Against The Order Dated 08.07.2025 By Ld. Commissioner Of Income Tax (A), National Faceless Appeal Centre (“Nfac”), Delhi [“Ld. Cit(A)”] In Appeal No. Cit(A), Dehradun/10296/2018-19 Passed U/S 250 Of The Income Tax Act, 1961 [“The Act”] Arising From The Assessment Order Dated 28.12.2018 Passed U/S 143(3) Of The Act Pertaining To Assessment Year 2016-17. 2. Brief Facts Of The Case Are That The Assessee Is An Individual & Filed Its Return Of Income On 08.10.2016 Declaring Total Income At Inr 46,02,250/-. The Case Was Selected For Scrutiny Under Cass & The Notice Was Issued By Ito, Ward-1(2), Dehradun Thereafter, The Case Was Transferred To Dcit, Circle-1(1)(1), Dehradun. Thereafter, Various Notices Were Issued & Replies Were Filed By The Assessee. After Considering The Submissions, Total Income Was Assessed At Inr 1,93,96,755/- By Making Addition Of Inr 55.00 Lakhs Towards Bogus Advances & Inr 14,13,600/- As Deemed Income & Further Disallowance Of Expenses Of Inr 78,80,905/- Was Made.

2. Although other grounds have been pressed by the Revenue regarding the validity of the impugned order of the ITAT holding the assessment order passed under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (‘Act’) to be invalid, a threshold ground urged is that the ITAT erred in holding in the impugned order that the assessment made by the Additional

AJAY GARG,DEHRADUN vs. ACIT CENTRAL CIRCLE DEHRADUN, DEHRADUN

In the result, appeal of the assessee is partly allowed

2 [relate to, the\nassessee; or\n(d) the Assessing Officer has received any information under the scheme\nnotified under section 135A pertaining to income chargeable to tax\nescaping assessment for any assessment year in the case of the\nassessee.]\nExplanation.—For the purposes of this section, specified authority means\nthe specified authority referred to in section 151.]”\n12.\nFrom

ACHARYA BALKRISHNA,HARIDWAR vs. DCIT, DEHRADUN

In the result appeal of the assessee is allowed

Bench: SHRI YOGESH KUMAR U.S. (Judicial Member), SHRI MANISH AGARWAL (Accountant Member)

2. That the learned Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) has further erred both in law and on facts in upholding the initiation of proceedings under section 147 of the Act, in as much as, the instant reassessment proceedings were without satisfying the statutory pre-conditions as envisaged under the Act, being barred by limitation as per first proviso to section

AMBIKA UNIYAL (OLD NAME AMBIKA RAWAT),DEHRADUN vs. INCOME TAX OFFICER, RISHIKESH

Bench: Shri Satbeer Singh Godara & Shri Manish Agarwal(Through Video Conferencing) Assessment Year: 2016-17 Ambika Uniyal (Old Name Vs. Income Tax Officer, Ambika Rawat), 237, Jolly Ward-1(4)(1), Grant, Bhaniyawala, Rishikesh Dehradun, Uttarakhand Pan : Buupr4730B (Appellant) (Respondent) Assessee By Sh. Virsain Aggarwal, Adv. Sh. Rohit Kapoor, Adv. Department By Sh. A.S. Rana, Sr. Dr Date Of Hearing 12.01.2026 Date Of Pronouncement 16.01.2026 Order

reassessment as upheld in the lower appellate discussion for the precise reason that section 143(2) notice had not been issued to her. 3. The Revenue vehemently argues in this factual backdrop that the assessee had not filed any return in pursuance to the Assessing Officer’s section 148

SHRI VIBHU GROVER,KOTDWARA vs. PCIT, DEHRADUN

In the result appeal of the assessee is allowed

Bench: Shri Yogesh Kumar U.S. & Shri Manish Agarwalvibhu Grover, Pcit, M/S Grover Sales Corporation, Dehradun. Garage Road, Kotdwara, Vs. Pauri-246169 Pan:Agdpg5842R (Appellant) (Respondent) Assessee By Shri Anil Jain, Adv. Department By Shri S.K. Chaterjee, Cit-Dr

reassessment order under Section 148 read with Section 143(3) of the 1961 Act was passed. Addition was not made for the first reason. In the given facts, the assertion by the Revenue that inquiry and verification in re the bank account was not made is ex-facie incorrect. This being the position, this is not a case of failure

M/S. UTTARAKHAND PURV SAINIK KALYAN NIGAM LTD.,DEHRADUN vs. ITO, DEHRADUN

In the result, both the appeals of the assessee are allowed

reassessment order passed by the Ld. AO as the mandatory jurisdictional notice under section 143(2) was issued without any application of mind, on the same day, when the return was filed by the assessee in response to notice u/s 148

M/S. UTTARAKHAND PURV SAINIK KALYAN NIGAM LTD.,DEHRADUN vs. ITO, DEHRADUN

In the result, both the appeals of the assessee are allowed

reassessment order passed by the Ld. AO as the mandatory jurisdictional notice under section 143(2) was issued without any application of mind, on the same day, when the return was filed by the assessee in response to notice u/s 148

M/S. SHARDA EXPORTS,MEERUT vs. THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, CENTRAL CIRCLE , DEHRADUN

In the result, appeal of the Assessee in ITA No

Bench: Shri Yogesh Kumar U.S. & Shri Manish Agarwal

section 80IC(2)(b)(ii) of the Act and the claim suffers from no deficiency. Accordingly, the ld AO granted deduction u/s 80IC of the Act and accepted the Nil income declared by the Assessee. 6. Later this assessment was sought to be reopened by the revenue. For this assessment, the ld AO issued first notice u/s 148

THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, CENTRAL CIRCLE, DEHRADUN vs. M/S. SHARDA EXPORTS, HARIDWAR

In the result, appeal of the Assessee in ITA No

Bench: Shri Yogesh Kumar U.S. & Shri Manish Agarwal

section 80IC(2)(b)(ii) of the Act and the claim suffers from no deficiency. Accordingly, the ld AO granted deduction u/s 80IC of the Act and accepted the Nil income declared by the Assessee. 6. Later this assessment was sought to be reopened by the revenue. For this assessment, the ld AO issued first notice u/s 148

M/S. SHARDA EXPORTS,MEERUT vs. THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, CENTRAL CIRCLE, DEHRADUN

In the result, appeal of the Assessee in ITA No

Bench: Shri Yogesh Kumar U.S. & Shri Manish Agarwal

section 80IC(2)(b)(ii) of the Act and the claim suffers from no deficiency. Accordingly, the ld AO granted deduction u/s 80IC of the Act and accepted the Nil income declared by the Assessee. 6. Later this assessment was sought to be reopened by the revenue. For this assessment, the ld AO issued first notice u/s 148

THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, CENTRAL CIRCLE, DEHRADUN vs. M/S. SHARDA EXPORTS, HARIDWAR

In the result, appeal of the Assessee in ITA No

Bench: Shri Yogesh Kumar U.S. & Shri Manish Agarwal

section 80IC(2)(b)(ii) of the Act and the claim suffers from no deficiency. Accordingly, the ld AO granted deduction u/s 80IC of the Act and accepted the Nil income declared by the Assessee. 6. Later this assessment was sought to be reopened by the revenue. For this assessment, the ld AO issued first notice u/s 148

AKHILESH SINGHAL,RISHIKESH vs. INCOME TAX OFFICER, RISHIKESH

In the result, appeal of the assessee is allowed

2\nITA Nos.64, 78 & 79/DDN/2024\n2.\n3.\n4.\n5.\n6.\nThat in facts and circumstances of the case, the higher authorities\nhas failed to record their independent satisfaction and approval has\nbeen granted without application of mind and without going through\nthe file and in hasty manner is unjustified and illegal.\nThat in facts and circumstances of the case

AKHILESH SINGHAL,RISHIKESH vs. INCOME TAX OFFICER, RISHIKESH

In the result, appeal of the assessee is allowed

2\n2. That in facts and circumstances of the case, the higher authorities\nhas failed to record their independent satisfaction and approval has\nbeen granted without application of mind and without going through\nthe file and in hasty manner is unjustified and illegal.\n3. That in facts and circumstances of the case, the AO has taken the\ncredit side