Pr. Commissioner of Income Tax-1, Chandigarh v. Rajinder Chauhan

1. FACTS OF THE CASE

Revenue sought withdrawal of ITA 3/2023 against Rajinder Chauhan. Counsel referred to the assessee’s 9 March 2020 reply to the 28 February 2020 section 263 show-cause notice not having been considered in the revisional orders dated 19 March 2020, and also referred to low tax effect.

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2. DISCUSSION BY THE COURT

The Court recorded both grounds advanced for withdrawal. It did not examine the substantive correctness of the revision or identify a tax-effect figure, monetary circular, assessment year or particular addition.

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3. JUDICIAL DECISION

The appeal was dismissed as withdrawn. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, were disposed of.

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4. OUTCOME

Procedural closure of Revenue’s appeal at its request. No fresh remand direction or merits adjudication of the section 263 issues appears in this order.

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5. Expert Comments

AKHB editorial analysis, distinct from the Court’s findings.

Record both stated reasons without converting them into a merits test

The ignored reply and low tax effect were jointly put forward by Revenue’s counsel. The Court’s acceptance of withdrawal does not itself decide whether all statutory conditions for revision were absent. A submission recorded in this short disposal order should not be elevated into a detailed precedent on section 263.

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The chronology identifies the procedural defect that prompted withdrawal

The response of 9 March preceded the revisional order of 19 March. That sequence explains why non-consideration mattered to the withdrawal request. The order supplies no analysis of the response’s substance, so it cannot support an assertion that the response conclusively disproved the proposed revision on its merits.

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Do not import a threshold or remedy from another order

Unlike some low-tax-effect orders, this source states no circular number or rupee limit. It also issues no direction for a fresh revisional decision. The archive should preserve those limits, leaving any continuing lower-order effect or later proceedings to separately verified records.

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