Punjab and Haryana High Court
CWP/15575/2025 of MUNISH JUNEJA Vs UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS on 10 September 2026
HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 212 CWP-15575-2025 (O&M) Date of Decision:-27.05.2025 Munish Juneja ....Petitioner Vs. Union of India and ors. ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE LISA GILL HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUDEEPTI SHARMA Present: Mr.Rakesh Bhatia, Advocate and Mr.
CWP-15575-2025
IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT
CHANDIGARH
CWP-15575-2025 (O&M)
Date of Decision:-27.05.2025
Munish Juneja
....Petitioner
Vs.
Union of India and ors.
...Respondents
CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE LISA GILL
HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUDEEPTI SHARMA
Present:
Mr.Rakesh Bhatia, Advocate and
Mr. Manpreet Singh Kanda, Advocate
for the petitioner.
Mr. Varun Issar, Sr. Standing counsel with Ms. Pridhi Sandhu, Advocate for the respondents.
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SUDEEPTI SHARMA, J.
1. Challenge in the instant writ petition is to notice dated 28.03.2025 issued under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (for short ‘Act 1961”); approval dated 28.03.2025 issued under Section 151 of the Act, 1961 and all consequential actions, for AY 2022-2023.
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
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disputed the same.
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 28.03.2025 issued under Section 148 of the Act, 1961; approval dated 28.03.2025 issued under Section 151 of the Act, 1961 and all consequential actions, for AY 2022-2023, on the ground that the Issuing Authority 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. (LISA GILL) (SUDEEPTI SHARMA) JUDGE JUDGE 27.05.2025
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