Punjab and Haryana High Court
CWP/1401/2025 of LOKESH CHAND GUPTA Vs ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX AND OTHERS on 14 September 2026
HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 136 CWP-1401-2025 (O&M) Date of Decision:-20.01.2025 Lokesh Chand Gupta ....Petitioner Vs. Asstt. Commissioner of Income Tax Officer, Central Circle DC/ACIT Central CIR-I, Gurgaon & ors. ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN PALLI
CWP-1401-2025
IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT
CHANDIGARH
CWP-1401-2025 (O&M)
Date of Decision:-20.01.2025
Lokesh Chand Gupta
....Petitioner
Vs.
Asstt. Commissioner of Income Tax Officer, Central Circle DC/ACIT Central CIR-I, Gurgaon & ors. ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN PALLI
HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUDEEPTI SHARMA
Present:
Mr. Kartik Bansal, Advocate
for the petitioner
Mr. Yogesh Putney, Sr. Standing counsel with Mr. Vaibhav Gupta, Standing counsel for the respondent-Union of India.
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SUDEEPTI SHARMA, J.
1. Challenge in the instant writ petition is to notice dated 30.08.2024 issued under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (for short ‘Act 1961”) and conseuqential proceedings, for AY 2018-2019.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the issue involved in the present writ petition is covered by the judgment passed by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in the cases of Jatinder Singh Bhangu vs. Union of India and others, passed in CWP No. 15745-2024 and connected matter, decided on 19.07.2024 and Jasjit Singh vs. Union of India and others (CWP No. 21509-2023 and other connected matters), decided on 29.07.2024 .
3. Learned counsel appearing for Union of India has also not disputed the same.
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4. We have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the whole records of the case.
5. The petitioner has challenged the notice dated 30.08.2024 issued under Section 148 of the Act, 1961, for AY 2018-19 issued by respondent No. 1, on the ground that he had no jurisdiction to issue the same, in view of the circular/notification dated 29.03.2022 of the CBDT, wherein, it has been specifically enumerated that the NFAC has exclusive power to issue the notice under Section 148 of the Act, 1961.
6. A Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Jatinder Singh Bhangu’s case (supra) and Jasjit Singh’s case (supra), allowed the writ petitions on the same issue, as raised in the present writ petition, by granting liberty to the revenue to follow the procedure as laid down under the Act, 1961 and proceed accordingly, if so advised.
7. In view of the above, the present writ petition is disposed of, in terms of Jatinder Singh Bhangu’s case (supra), decided on 19.07.2024 and Jasjit Singh’s case (supra), decided on 29.07.2024
8. All the pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of. (ARUN PALLI) (SUDEEPTI SHARMA) JUDGE JUDGE 20.01.2025
Whether speaking/reasoned : Yes/No Whether reportable : Yes/No Gaurav Arora 2025.01.23 12:05 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document
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