Thus, it is sine quo non that for treating the order passed
by the Assessing Officer to be erroneous and prejudicial to the
interest of Revenue, the order passed by the Assessing Officer
is without making inquiries or verification or is not in
accordance with order/instruction passed by the CBDT or
Hon'ble Jurisdictional High Court or Hon'ble Supreme Court.
It is also quite settled law that the ld. CIT while exercising his
revisionary jurisdiction u/s. 263 and reaching to a conclusion
that inquiries or verifications has not been done by the
Assessing Officer, then it is incumbent upon the CIT himself
to undertake minimal inquiry so as to come to a conclusion
that inquiry by Assessing Officer is not correct or the
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assessment order passed was erroneous and prejudicial to
the interest of revenue. This legal position has been explained
by the Hon'ble Jurisdictional High Court in the case of ITO
vs. DG Housing Projects Ltd., (2012) 343 ITR 329 (Delhi)
and DIT vs. Jyoti Foundation, 357 ITR 388 (Del.).
Thus, it is sine quo non that for treating the order passed
by the Assessing Officer to be erroneous and prejudicial to the
interest of Revenue, the order passed by the Assessing Officer
is without making inquiries or verification or is not in
accordance with order/instruction passed by the CBDT or
Hon'ble Jurisdictional High Court or Hon'ble Supreme Court.
It is also quite settled law that the ld. CIT while exercising his
revisionary jurisdiction u/s. 263 and reaching to a conclusion
that inquiries or verifications has not been done by the
Assessing Officer, then it is incumbent upon the CIT himself
to undertake minimal inquiry so as to come to a conclusion
that inquiry by Assessing Officer is not correct or the
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assessment order passed was erroneous and prejudicial to
the interest of revenue. This legal position has been explained
by the Hon'ble Jurisdictional High Court in the case of ITO
vs. DG Housing Projects Ltd., (2012) 343 ITR 329 (Delhi)
and DIT vs. Jyoti Foundation, 357 ITR 388 (Del.).