Metal Rolling Works Ltd, Mumbai vs Cit(A)-47, Mumbai on 31 May, 2017
of the relevant provisions of the Act in a proceeding u/s 154 of the Income tax
Act, 1961. A mistake apparent on the record must be an obvious and
patent mistake and not something which can be established by a long
drawn process of reasoning on points on which there may be
conceivably two opinion. The Hon'ble Kerala High Court, in the case of Asian
Techs Ltd Vs. CIT (243 ITR 262 @ 266-267) has held that section 154 does not
enable an order to be reversed by revision or by review, but permits only some
error which is apparent on the face of the record to be corrected. It was further
held that the plain meaning of the word "apparent" is that it must be something
which appears to be so ex-facie and it is incapable of argument or debate.