R.B. Shreeram Durga Prasad & ... vs Settlement Commission (It & Wt) & Anr on 27 January, 1989
14. The petitioner relies on a judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in
the case of R.B.Shreeram Durga Prasad and Fatechand Nursing Das V.
Settlement Commission (It and Wt) and ors. (176 ITR 169). This is cited to say
that once an application is filed, the petitioner/assessee must be heard even at
the threshold to determine the question of maintainability of the application.