Smt. Asha Agrawal W/O Sri Mahendra Kumar ... vs Acit (Central Circle) , Allahabad on 7 December, 2022
128, 129 & 130/ALLD/2017
Smt. Asha Agrawal, Shri Mahendra Kumar Agrawal(HUF) & M/s. Mahabir Prasad Agrawal(HUF), Allahabad,U.P.
Assessment Year: Block Period 01.04.1988 to 23.08.1998
participated in the assessment proceedings , and no such objections were raised by the
assesse during the course of assessment proceedings. Moreover, the assesse could not
bring any material on record to justify that there was any prejudice cause to her or there
was failure of justice, by merely not mentioning of Section 158BD in the notice dated
05th May, 2000 issued by AO under the provisions of Section 158BC. Further, tribunal
observed that even if it is presumed to be a defect in the issuance of notice u/s 158BC
owing to non mentioning of Section 158BD in the said notice, it is a curable defect as
Section 158BC is a procedural section , Reference is drawn to provisions of Section
292B of the 1961 Act . The tribunal also relied upon decision of Special Bench-
Amritsar-tribunal decision in the case of Smt. Mahesh KumariBatra v. JCIT, reported in
(2005) 95 ITD 152(ASR)(SB) and decision of Madras-tribunal in the case of L. Saroja v.
ACIT, reported in (2001) 76 ITD 344(Mad.) . Thus, the tribunal rejected the plea of the
assesse and held that Notice u/s 158BC, dated 05th May, 2000 issued by AO , without
mentioning Section 158BD , was a valid notice. The assessee is always entitled to
raise this plea before higher courts that the tribunal order on this issue suffers from
un-sustainability , but we are presently seized in MA Proceedings, and the scope of
our interference in MA proceedings is very limited to rectifying mistakes apparent
from records within limited mandate of Section 254(2), as also held consistently by
all the Courts/tribunal , as we are not entitled to review our own decision. The
manner in this MA was filed and argued, leave us with no doubt that the assessee
under the garb of MA intended to re-argue the entire matter and expected us to
review of our own decision, which is not permissible . Thus , we donot find any
merit in MA filed by the assessee , and we dismiss the same.