HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT · SOURCE-REVIEWED PROCEDURAL ORDER
Gurmit Singh v. Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax
CWP No.1017/2007 ·
Supplied court judgment; no neutral citation stated
Writ petition dismissed as not pressed on counsel’s instructions; no substantive tax issue decided.
Division Bench · Deepak Gupta · V.K. Ahuja
1. Facts of the case
In CWP 1017/2007, petitioner counsel Satyen Vaidya stated that he had instructions not to press the writ petition. Vandana Kuthiala appeared for the respondents. The supplied sheet omits party names; the matched court metadata identifies Gurmit Singh v. Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax under the same CNR, docket and date.
2. Discussion by the Hon’ble Court
The Court acted on the statement that the petitioner did not wish to press the writ. The one-page order supplies no facts about the challenged tax action or reasons for the instruction.
3. Judicial decision
The writ petition was dismissed as not pressed on 15 December 2009. No express fresh-filing liberty or interim-protection direction appears in the source.
4. Outcome / in whose favour
The writ ends without a fresh merits determination. The source does not establish success for either side on an Income-tax Act proposition.
5. Expert Comments
AKHB editorial analysis, distinct from the Court’s findings. Subsequent treatment and current-law applicability have not been verified.
Instructions not to press are the recorded reason for disposal
The operative sequence is limited: counsel reports instructions not to press and the Court dismisses the petition on that basis. The source does not say that the dispute was settled, that a tax demand was paid or that the petitioner accepted the department’s legal position. Those explanations cannot be inferred from procedural non-pressing alone.
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The source supports no substantive statutory holding
No Income-tax Act section, assessment year, amount, notice or assessment finding is identified. This order cannot support a proposition about reassessment validity, a deduction or a limitation period. Any account of the underlying controversy requires the pleadings and earlier orders.
Source: PDF p.1 · PDF p.1
Do not expand the disposal into unprinted further relief
The order grants no express fresh-filing liberty, costs award or continuation of protection. It also does not independently establish later proceedings or remedies. The note records the historical disposal on 15 December 2009, rather than advising that any fresh procedural period begins with publication.
Source: PDF p.1 · PDF p.1
Party names are attributed to the matched court record
The captionless sheet identifies CWP 1017/2007, the decision date and the signed judges Deepak Gupta and V.K. Ahuja. The court metadata for CNRHPHC 010031712007 supplies the Gurmit Singh and Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax caption, together with the same docket, date and matching non-pressing description. That distinction remains visible so readers can assess both identity evidence and the exact source limits.
Source: PDF p.1 · Matched court metadata for caption · PDF p.1
Source and verification
Complete supplied one-page order read and visually inspected; original bytes checked by SHA-256. The sheet lacks party names: the caption is reconciled from supplied court metadata matching CNR, docket, date and disposal text. The signed original controls the bench and operative directions. Subsequent treatment has not been verified.
Source SHA-256: e93c7efecf32c27d6a04b95942c7e91a7ca308a81ddb10e344be632f8867bc45
Provisions and historical figures are recorded only as addressed in this judgment. No current statutory position or subsequent-treatment clearance is represented.
Source checked 2026-10-23. Later proceedings and present precedential treatment have not been independently verified.
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