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8. In another plank of argument, ld. counsel for the assessee submitted that
while passing the assessment order the Assessing Officer has not stated the limb
under which the penalty proceedings are being initiated. He has simply
mentioned penalty proceedings u/s 271(1)(c) of the I.T. Act,1961 are being
initiated separately. Referring to the notice issued u/s 274 r.w.s. 271, copy of
which is placed at page 21 of the Paper Book, he submitted that inappropriate
words in the said notice have not been struck off. Relying on various decisions,
he submitted that when the inappropriate words are not struck of it is not
understood as to under which limb of Act, the Assessing Officer has levied
penalty and under such circumstances the penalty proceedings stand vitiated.
For the above proposition, he relied on the decision of the Hon'ble Karnataka
High Court in the case of CIT vs. M/s SSA'S Emerald Meadows vide ITA
No.380 of 2015 order dated 23.11.2015. He submitted that the Hon'ble High
Court in the above decision, following the decision of the Hon'ble High Court in
the case of Manjunath Cotton and Ginning Factory reported in 359 ITR 565,
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had upheld the decision of the Tribunal cancelling the penalty and dismissed the
appeal filed by the Revenue on the ground that the notice issued by the
Assessing Officer u/s 274 r.w.s. 271 is bad in law since it did not specify under
which limb of section 271(1)(c) penalty proceedings have been initiated. He
submitted that the SLP filed by the Revenue has been dismissed by the Hon'ble
Supreme Court.