HIGH COURT OF MEGHALAYA · SOURCE-REVIEWED PROCEDURAL ORDER
Smt. Kamla Varma and Another v. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, Shillong Circle, Shillong
WP(C) No. 36 of 2017 ·
Supplied court order; no reported citation stated
Directors sought defreezing of company bank accounts and maintenance of three appeals without 15 percent pre-deposit. Petition withdrawn with liberty to file afresh or seek appropriate remedies after Court identified framing defects; merits expressly untouched.
Division Bench · Dinesh Maheshwari · Ved Prakash Vaish
1. Facts of the case
The petitioners, described as alleged directors of a company, sought defreezing of its bank accounts and maintenance of three assessment appeals without a 15% pre-deposit. The company appeared as respondent No.6; neither its name nor the three assessment years is stated in this order.
2. Discussion by the Hon’ble Court
The Court identified defects in the framing of one petition concerning three appeals and assessment orders. It also noted that no prayer for waiver of pre-deposit had been made before the Commissioner (Appeals). When the Court expressed reservations about entertaining the petition as framed, counsel sought withdrawal with liberty to file afresh and pursue appropriate remedies.
3. Judicial decision
The Court permitted withdrawal and dismissed the writ petition as withdrawn with the requested liberty. It expressly stated that it had not dealt with the merits either way; any other remedy was to be considered by the appropriate forum in accordance with law.
4. Outcome / in whose favour
Procedural liberty to the petitioners to file afresh or pursue appropriate remedies. There was no order defreezing accounts or waiving deposit, and no merits victory for either side.
5. AKHB REVIEW POINT
Separate the relief requested from the relief granted. This order does not establish a general mandatory 15% deposit rule or approve the freezing of accounts. Identify the correct applicant, proceeding and relief, and do not treat liberty to pursue another remedy as a finding that it must succeed.
Source and verification
Complete supplied order, 2 page(s). Every page read and visually inspected. No assessment year or PAN is stated. Referenced applications, earlier orders and subsequent compliance are not included unless expressly identified.
Source SHA-256: a760e8699f16ba8390494053af7ac6d086950cfdf512a9c334a3228b13214337
Only provisions expressly identified in this order are recorded. No substantive tax merits or current statutory equivalence is inferred.
Source checked 2026-10-18. Later proceedings, compliance and current precedential treatment have not been comprehensively verified.
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