Calcutta High Court (Appellete Side)
Forum Project Holdings Private Limited vs The Assistant Commissioner Of Income ... on 2 January, 2025
Author: Rajarshi Bharadwaj
Bench: Rajarshi Bharadwaj
07 02.01.2025. WPA 24570 of 2024
SM
Forum Project Holdings Private Limited
Vs
The Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax,
Circle 1(1), Kolkata & Ors.
Mr. Avra Mazumder
Mr. Soumitra Chowdhury
Ms. Alisha Das
Mr. Suman Bhowmik
Mr. Samrat Das
Ms. Elina Dey
Mr. Sourendra Nath Banerjee
Mr. Alishan Hossain
... for the petitioner
Mr. Soumen Bhattacharjee
Mr. Ankan Das
Ms. Shradhya Ghosh
... for the respondents
Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner challenges the notice issued under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, inter alia, on the ground that the same has been issued by the jurisdictional assessing officer though in terms of Section 151A of the said Act read with the notification dated 29th March, 2022, such notice was required to be issued through the automated allocation, in accordance with the risk management strategy formulated by the Board as referred to Section 148 of the said Act, for issuance of notice, in a faceless manner, to the extent provided in Section 144B of the Act with reference to making assessment or re- assessment of the total income or loss of the assessee.
Learned Counsel appearing for the Income Tax 2 Department prays leave to file affidavit-in-opposition.
Let affidavit-in-opposition be filed within six weeks from date; reply, if any, within four weeks thereafter.
Taking into consideration the prima facie case as has been made out by the petitioner and the judgment of the Division Bench of this Court presided over by the Hon'ble The Chief Justice in the case of Girdhar Gopal Dalmia Vs. Union of India & Others, in MAT/1690/2023 on 25th September, 2023, whereby the Hon'ble Division Bench while considering the competence of the jurisdictional assessing officer to issue a notice under Section 148 of the said Act, Consequent upon publication of the scheme vide notification dated 29th March, 2022 and while admitting the appeal had stayed the said notice, I am of the view that no further steps should be taken by the respondents on the basis of the notice issued under section 148 of the said Act dated 31st August, 2024 for the assessment year 2017-2018 till the disposal of the writ petition.
Liberty to mention after expiry of the period for exchange of affidavits.
(Rajarshi Bharadwaj, J.)