Section 43(2)(a) in The Assam Agricultural Income-Tax Act, 1939
(a)An assessee may, on receipt of the first notice served on him under sub-section (2) of Section 19, apply to the Superintendent of Taxes or Agricultural Income-tax Officer by whom such notice is served to be assessed at his usual place of residence or at the place where the accounts relating to his agricultural income are kept, if either of such places is situated in the State of Assam, and such Superintendent of Taxes or Agricultural Income-tax Officer may pass an order that the assessee shall be assessed at the place specified in the application, the said place being situated in the State of Assam, or refer the matter to the Joint Commissioner of Taxes, or where there is no Joint Commissioner of Taxes, the Deputy Commissioner of Taxes empowered by the Commissioner of Taxes, in this behalf, whose decision shall be final.