Jasbir Singh S/O S. Gurdev Singh, ... vs Assessee on 29 March, 2010
7. The section prescribes the time period within which an order
imposing penalt y under Chapter XXI is to be passed. Sub section 1(a) to
section 275 of the Act provides that where the order of assessment or any
other order is subject matter of appeal before the C IT(A) or the Tribunal,
an order imposing penalt y cannot be passed after the expiry of financial
year in the course of which the proceedings for imposition of penalt y
were initiated, or six months from the end of the month in which the order
of C IT(A) or Appellate Tribunal is received by the Chief Commissioner or
Commissioner, whichever period expires later. The proviso to section
275(1)(a) of the Act further provides that where the CIT(A) passes an
order on and after Ist day of June 2003 disposing of an appeal, an order
imposing penalt y shall be passed before the expiry of the financial year in
the course of which the proceedings for imposition of penalt y were
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initiated, or within one year from the end of the financial year in which
the order of C IT(A) was received by the Chief Commissioner or
Commissioner whichever is later. The Amritsar Bench of the Tribunal
in Tarlochan Singh & Sons (HUF) Vs. ITO (supra) where the order of
CIT(A) in quantum appeal was passed after Ist June, 2003, proviso to
Section 275(1)(a) would be applicable for levy of penalt y and not the
main provision of s.275(1)(a); otherwise the proviso would be redundant.