Punjab and Haryana High Court
CWP/15914/2025 of NAVNEET GUPTA Vs ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX CENTRAL CIRCLE 2 CHANDIGARH AND OTHERS on 10 September 2026
HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ( Sr. No. 141 ) CWP No.15914 of 2025 Date of decision: 28.05.2025 Navneet Gupta .....Petitioner Versus Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK SIBAL HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE LAPITA BANERJI
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
( Sr. No. 141 )
CWP No.15914 of 2025
Date of decision: 28.05.2025
Navneet Gupta .....Petitioner
Versus
Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax and others
.....Respondents
CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK SIBAL
HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE LAPITA BANERJI
Present : Mr. Kartik Bansal, Advocate for the petitioner.
Mr. Yogesh Putney, Senior Standing Counsel
for the respondents-Income Tax Department.
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DEEPAK SIBAL, J. (Oral)
Challenge made through the instant petition is to the notice dated 04.03.2025 (Annexure P-1) issued to the petitioner by the respondents under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The primary ground of challenge raised by the petitioner is that the impugned notice has been issued by the Jurisdictional Assessing Officer which could not have been done because in terms of the notification dated 29.03.2022 (Annexure P-2), issued by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, the impugned notice could have been issued only by way of faceless assessment.
In support of his afore submission, learned counsel for the petitioner places reliance on the following two judgments of this Court :- SUNIL YADAV 2025.05.29 19:34 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this order. Chandigarh
CWP No.15914 of 2025
(i) CWP No.15745 of 2024 - Jatinder Singh Bhangu Vs. Union of India and others, decided on 19.07.2024.
(ii) CWP No.21509 of 2023 - Jasjit Singh Vs. Union of India and others, decided on 29.07.2024.
Learned counsel for the respondent does not dispute the fact that the case of the petitioner is covered in his favour by the law laid down through the aforesaid two judgments rendered by two different Co-ordinate Benches of this Court in Jatinder Singh Bhangu’s and Jasjit Singh’s cases (supra).
In the light of the above, in terms of the law laid down in Jatinder Singh Bhangu’s and Jasjit Singh’s cases (supra), the impugned notice dated 04.03.2025 (Annexure P-1) issued by the Jurisdictional Assessing Officer, is hereby quashed with liberty to the respondent to proceed against the petitioner in accordance with law.
The petition is allowed in the above terms.
(DEEPAK SIBAL)
JUDGE
28.05.2025
( LAPITA BANERJI ) sunil yadav
JUDGE
Whether speaking/reasoned : Yes / No
Whether reportable : Yes / No SUNIL YADAV 2025.05.29 19:34 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this order. Chandigarh