Valueline Securities (I) Ltd. vs Assistant Commissioner on 22 May, 2006
(13) Even in respect of the decisions of the Hon'ble Rajasthan High Courtin the case of Birla Cotton Spg. & Wvg. Mills Ltd. v. Income Tax Officer (1994) 209 ITR 434, and Special Bench of the ITAT, Lucknow, in the case of Nawal Kishore & Sons Jewellers v. Dy. CIT (2003) 87 ITD 407, the proposition is that theassessee, having participated in the assessment proceedings, cannotmention that he has not understood the notice. That is not the case of theassessee. The case of the assessee is that the assessing officer issued notice under Section 158BC, which was rightly understood to be so by theappellant. But, the assessment has to be completed within the timementioned under Section 158BE(1), and the assessment was not completed within the said time and, therefore, the assessment got barred bylimitation. If the statutory provision mentions clearly that an assessment has to be completed within the period specified therein, the assessing officer cannot extend such time-limit, though the assessment was made in substance and effect, in conformity with the provisions of the law. The learned Counsel thus contended that all the submissions of the learned Departmental Representative have to be rejected and the claim of the appellant that the assessment was barred by limitation be uphelearned