Appeals are allowed
Bench: Shri Vijay Pal Rao & Shri B.M. Biyani
153A of the Act, approval of the Joint Commissioner of Income Tax ('JCIT') would have been taken for issuing the notice under Section 153 A. As it transpires, in the Assessment Order itself, there was no initiation of penalty proceedings. More than six months thereafter, on 23rd July, 2012, the AO made a reference to the Additional Commissioner of Income