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INCOME TAX OFFICER, CIVIL LINE V. GUNJAN KUMAR BIHANI, SHANKAR NAGAR

MA 1/RPR/2026

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Pronouncement Date: 20-03-2026

Result: Assessee

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[2026] 140 COUNSELVISE.COM (IT) 844136 (ITAT-RAIPUR)
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Appeal Number
Duration Of Justice
2 month(s) 13 day(s)
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Appeal Type
Miscellaneous Application
Pronouncement Date
20-03-2026
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Dismissed
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Assessment Year
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Appeal Filed On
07-01-2026
Judgement Text
"आयकर अपीलȣय अͬधकरण Ûयायपीठ रायपुर मɅ। IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, RAIPUR BENCH, RAIPUR BEFORE SHRI PARTHA SARATHI CHAUDHURY, JUDICIAL MEMBER AND SHRI AVDHESH KUMAR MISHRA, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER M.A. No.01/RPR/2026 (Arising out of ITA No.122/RPR/2025) Ǔनधा[रण वष[ / Assessment Year : 2015-16 The Income Tax Officer, Ward-3(4), Raipur (C.G.) ……….. आवेदक/Applicant बनाम / V/s. Shri Gunjan Kumar Bihani Ashoka Ratan, Khamhardih, Shankar Nagar, Raipur-492 009 (C.G) PAN: AJUPB5787C ……Ĥ×यथȸ / Respondent Assessee by : None Revenue by : Dr. Priyanka Patel, Sr. DR सुनवाई कȧ तारȣख / Date of Hearing : 20.03.2026 घोषणा कȧ तारȣख / Date of Pronouncement : 20.03.2026 Printed from counselvise.com 2 MA No. 01/RPR/2026 A.Y. 2015-16 आदेश / ORDER PER PARTHA SARATHI CHAUDHURY, JM: The present Miscellaneous Application has been preferred by the Revenue arising out of the impugned order passed by the Tribunal in ITA No.122/RPR/2025, dated 05.08.2025 for assessment year 2015-16 u/s.254(2) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’). 2. The legal issue in which the Tribunal had provided relief to the assessee was that while transferring jurisdiction from ITO-1(1), Raipur to ITO-3(4), Raipur, there is no mandatory order of transfer u/s.127 of the Act from the competent authority and therefore, in absence of any such order of transfer, the assessment was held to be void ab initio and hence, quashed. The said facts were arrived at by the Tribunal after providing opportunities to the Department to furnish report from the A.O to the effect that whether at all there exists any order of transfer u/s.127 of the Act and as had been evident from the report of the Department which was made part of the impugned order of Tribunal and therein it was crystal clear that there was no order of transfer u/s.127 of the Act in the case of the assessee. In this regard, the Ld. Sr. DR had relied on the decision of the Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of DCIT (Exemption) & Ors. Vs. Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (2023) 151 taxmann.com 434 (SC) which Printed from counselvise.com 3 MA No. 01/RPR/2026 A.Y. 2015-16 was also discussed in the said order. The relevant observation of the Tribunal are extracted as follows: “9. The fact of the matter in the case of the assessee before us is that there is no valid order of transfer u/s.127 of the Act which is mandatory for transferring a case from one A.O to another A.O. In so far the legal ground which goes to the root of the matter is concerned, the decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of National Thermal Power Company Ltd. Ltd. Vs. CIT (1998) 229 ITR 383 (SC) provides that any legal issue which goes to the root of the matter can be assailed at any point of time before the appellate forum and such right as contemplated in the said decision is still prevalent and valid and has not been invalidated by the referred decision of the Ld. Sr. DR in the case of DCIT (Exemption) & Ors. Vs. Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (supra). As already examined since in the present case order of transfer u/s. 127 of the Act is not there, therefore, this legal issue was allowed to be raised by the assessee following the decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of National Thermal Power Company Ltd. Ltd. Vs. CIT (supra). 10. Further, we find that similar issue has been adjudicated by the ITAT, Raipur, “SMC” Bench in the case of Khemraj Sinha Vs. ITO, Ward-2(1), Raipur, ITA No.329/RPR/2025, dated 18.07.2025 wherein the Tribunal after relying the decision in the case of Rahul Tyagi Vs. Income Tax Officer (supra) has quashed the assessment in absence of order of transfer u/s.127 of the Act. For the sake of completeness, the relevant observations of the Tribunal are culled out as follows: “3. The legal issue that has been raised by the Ld. Counsel for the assessee is that in the present case, notice u/s.143(2) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (for short ‘the Act’) has been issued by the ITO-1(1), Raipur, whereas, the assessment has been framed u/s.143(3) of the Act by the ITO-2(1), Raipur and there was no order of transfer u/s.127 of the Act from the competent authority which is mandatory, therefore, in absence of any such order of transfer, the assessment order is void ab initito and liable to be quashed. 4. The Ld. Counsel for the assessee placed reliance on the decision of the ITAT, Raipur “SMC” in the case of Rahul Printed from counselvise.com 4 MA No. 01/RPR/2026 A.Y. 2015-16 Tyagi Vs. Income Tax Officer, ITA No.113/RPR/2024, dated 19.03.2025. 5. In this regard, the Bench had directed the Ld. Sr. DR to furnish a report from the A.O which has been placed on record. That in the said report it has been only highlighted placing reliance on the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of DCIT (Exemption) & Ors. Vs. Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (2023) 151 taxmann.com 434 (SC), wherein it has been held that once the assessee had participated in the proceedings and if the assessee does not question jurisdiction of the A.O within 30 days of receipt of notice u/s. 142(1) of the Act, then the assessee could not question such jurisdiction subsequently. However, the said report is absolutely silent and there is no iota of evidence on record regarding any order of transfer u/s. 127 of the Act in the case of the assessee. That even the Ld. Sr. DR could not place on record any evidence regarding order of transfer u/s. 127 of the Act by the competent authority transferring the jurisdiction from ITO-1(1), Raipur to ITO-2(1), Raipur. 6. I have given thoughtful consideration to the submissions by the parties herein and judicial pronouncements placed on record. At this juncture, it is most appropriate to refer to the decision of this Bench in the case of Rahul Tyagi Vs. Income Tax Officer (supra), where this Bench had dealt with both the issues as emanating from the arguments put forth by the Ld. Counsel for the assessee as well as argument of the Ld. Sr. DR regarding report of the A.O placing reliance on the decision of the Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of DCIT (Exemption) & Ors. Vs. Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (supra). This Bench has observed that in so far the reliance placed by the Ld. Sr. DR on the judgment of the Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of DCIT (Exemption) & Ors. Vs. Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (supra), wherein, the conduct of the assessee was determined while accepting or non-accepting the jurisdiction by way of participation in the proceedings, the word “participating” in this present context should not be construed in any manner given the text of the said decision to prevent the right of the assessee for challenging any legal issue including the issue of jurisdiction before any appellate forum as had been held by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of National Thermal Power Company Ltd. Ltd. Vs. CIT (1998) 229 ITR 383 (SC). Rightfully so mentioned in the said judgment, the Hon’ble Apex Court held that when certain Printed from counselvise.com 5 MA No. 01/RPR/2026 A.Y. 2015-16 legal issues have been arisen and the assessee has failed to raise such legal issues before the sub-ordinate authorities, then he should not be prevented from raising the same before any other appellate authority. Therefore, taking guidance from the aforesaid judicial pronouncement of the Hon’ble Apex Court, the contention regarding the issue of jurisdiction is held to be valid as had been raised by the assessee first time before the Tribunal. 7. The decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of DCIT (Exemption) & Ors. Vs. Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (supra), as has been relied on by the Ld. Sr. DR is clearly focused on the parameter of compliance. However, in the present case as demonstrated in the record, it is not that of compliance and rather, it is ambiguity in issuance of notice and denying an opportunity to the assessee as to whether he should respond to the ITO, Ward- 1(1), Raipur or ITO, Ward-2(1), Raipur. There are plethora of judicial pronouncements wherein it had been held that the tax payer should be provided opportunity to prepare for his defence in timely and appropriate manner and if there is any ambiguity/confusion arising in the said hearing notice which prevents the assessee to defend himself, then such hearing notices and subsequent proceedings have to be struck down holding them to be arbitrary, bad in law. 8. Reverting to the facts of the present case, it is noted that notice u/s. 143(2) of the Act has been issued by the ITO- 1(1), Raipur and thereafter, assessment was completed by the ITO-2(1), Raipur without any order of transfer as mandated u/s.127 of the Act by the competent authority. Therefore, such framing of assessment by the ITO-2(1), Raipur in absence of valid order of transfer u/s.127 of the Act is held to be without inherent valid jurisdiction. For the sake of completeness, the relevant paras in the case of Rahul Tyagi Vs. Income Tax Officer (supra) are extracted as follows: “2. In this case, the assessee has filed both legal ground as well as grounds on merits. The Ld. Counsel for the assessee submitted that he would assail the legal ground first and if the said legal ground is answered affirmative, then the grounds on merits becomes academic. The Ld. Counsel for the assessee submitted that first notice u/s. 143(2) of the Act for A.Y.2016-17 for initiating limited scrutiny had been issued by the ITO, Ward-4(5), Raipur, dated 18.09.2017. Thereafter, another notice u/s. 142(1) of the Act for the same A.Y. dated 09.06.2018 was issued by the ITO, Ward-3(1), Printed from counselvise.com 6 MA No. 01/RPR/2026 A.Y. 2015-16 Raipur. That further, the Ld. Counsel has annexed the return of income and acknowledgement given by the department for the assessment year under consideration where the designation of the A.O (Ward-Circle) is appearing as Ward- 3(1), Raipur. In this background, the Ld. Counsel submitted that firstly, if the original jurisdiction of the assessee is with ITO, Ward-4(5), Raipur who had initiated the proceedings for limited scrutiny and later on, transferred to the ITO, Ward- 3(1), then as per the mandatory requirement of the Act, order of transfer u/s. 127 of the Act is required. However, no such order has been placed by the department and nothing is there on record that such order of transfer u/s. 127 of the Act was acquired; secondly, if it is accepted that the actual jurisdiction of the officer regarding the assessee was the ITO, Ward-3(1), Raipur which is likely so since the e-filed return is admittedly taken by the designation of the A.O as per the address of the assessee to be ITO, Ward-3(1) appearing in the acknowledgment of the ITR filed on 22.02.2017 in the said assessment year, Page 8-9 of APB. Now if that be so, then the initiation of the proceedings of limited scrutiny i.e. with regard to the first notice u/s.143(2) of the Act issued by the ITO, Ward-4(5), Raipur suffers from valid jurisdiction, resultantly then subsequent assessment framed by the ITO, Ward-3(1), Raipur becomes invalid and non-est in the eyes of law. 3. Per contra, the Ld. Sr. Departmental Representative (for short ‘DR’) vehemently submitted that as per Section 124(3)(a) of the Act, if the assessee had any objection regarding the jurisdiction of the Assessing Officer, then the same could have been raised within one month from the date on which he was served with the notice u/s. 142(1) and 143(2) of the Act. However, in the present case, the assessee had failed to do so. The Ld. Sr. DR relied on the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of DCIT (Exemption) & Ors. Vs. Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (2023) 151 taxmann.com 434 (SC), wherein the Hon’ble Apex Court has ruled that where the assessee had participated pursuant to the notice issued under Section 142(1) and had not questioned the jurisdiction of the assessing officer, then Section 124(3)(a) of the Income Tax Act precludes the assessee from questioning the jurisdiction of the assessing officer, if he does not do so within 30 days of receipt of notice under Section 142(1). 4. I have carefully considered the submissions of both the parties, considered the material available on record and facts and circumstances involved in the present case. In so far the Printed from counselvise.com 7 MA No. 01/RPR/2026 A.Y. 2015-16 legal issue is concerned, it is apparent from record as annexed in the paper book that the first notice u/s.143(2) of the Act, dated 18.09.2017 has been issued by the ITO, Ward- 4(5), Raipur. Thereafter, second notice u/s.142(1) of the Act, dated 09.06.2018 was issued by the ITO, Ward-3(1), Raipur. However, there is no iota of evidence whether there is any order of the Pr. CIT u/s. 127 of the Act for transferring of the jurisdiction from one Assessing Officer to another in the present case of the assessee. It is also noted from the e-filed return and the acknowledgement of the department that the designation of the jurisdictional Assessing Officer is mentioned as ITO, Ward-3(1), Raipur. If that is so, then also, the first notice i.e. notice issued u/s. 143(2) of the Act, dated 18.09.2017 by the ITO, Ward-4(5), Raipur is without jurisdiction, invalid and bad in law. 5. In so far the reliance placed by the Ld. Sr. DR on the judgment of the Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of DCIT (Exemption) & Ors. Vs. Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (supra), wherein, the conduct of the assessee was determined while accepting or non-accepting the jurisdiction by way of participation in the proceedings, the word “participating” in this present context should not be construed in any manner given the text of the said decision to prevent the right of the assessee for challenging any legal issue including the issue of jurisdiction before any appellate forum as had been held by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of National Thermal Power Company Ltd. Ltd. Vs. CIT (1998) 229 ITR 383 (SC). Rightfully so mentioned in the said judgment, the Hon’ble Apex Court held that when certain legal issues have been arisen and the assessee has failed to raise such legal issues before the sub-ordinate authorities, then he should not be prevented from raising the same before any other appellate authority. Therefore, taking guidance from the aforesaid judicial pronouncement of the Hon’ble Apex Court, the contention regarding the issue of jurisdiction is held to be valid as had been raised by the assessee first time before the Tribunal. The decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of DCIT (Exemption) & Ors. Vs. Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (supra) as has been relied on by the Ld. Sr. DR is clearly focused on the parameter of compliance. However, in the present case as demonstrated in the record, it is not that of compliance and rather, it is ambiguity in issuance of notice and denying an opportunity to the assessee as to whether he should respond to the ITO, Ward-4(5), Raipur or ITO, Ward-3(1), Raipur. There are plethora of judicial pronouncements wherein it had been held that the tax payer should be provided opportunity Printed from counselvise.com 8 MA No. 01/RPR/2026 A.Y. 2015-16 to prepare for his defence in timely and appropriate manner and if there is any ambiguity/confusion arising in the said hearing notice which prevents the assessee to defend himself, then such hearing notices and subsequent proceedings have to be struck down holding them to be arbitrary, bad in law. If this kind of ambiguity in issuance of notice by the appropriate authority is allowed then it would highly effect smooth running of business activities or for that matter generating income to the assessee tax payer. If the assessee tax payer is not able to earn income, then there is no question of paying any taxes. Therefore, the assessee should be allowed to prepare his defence as regards the proper jurisdiction before whom he shall make necessary compliances. 6. Derived from the Latin word “notitia”, which means being known, notice is the starting of any hearing. Unless a person knows the issues of the case in which he is involved, he cannot defend himself. For a notice to be adequate it must contain- (a) Time, place and nature of hearing; (b) Legal authority under which hearing has to be held; and (c) The specific charges, grounds and proposed actions the accused has to meet. This is the very edifice of the principle of natural justice. There is mandatory requirement of reasonable opportunity of being heard. This pre-requires issuance of a proper notice. The authority has to issue Show Cause to the party/assessee to explain and produce evidence before an adverse inference may be drawn against him. The notice should be specific and unambiguous so that proper compliance can be made by the assessee. The importance of a show cause notice has been reiterated by Supreme Court in the case of Umanath Pandey v. State of UP (2009) 12 SCC 40-43 wherein the Hon’ble Apex Court has held that “Notice is the first limb of this principle. It must be precise and unambiguous. It should appraise the party determinatively the case he has to meet. Time given for the purpose should be adequate so as to enable him to make his representation. In the absence of a notice of the kind and such reasonable opportunity, the order passed becomes wholly vitiated”. In the case of Biecco Lawrie Ltd v. State of West Bengal (2009) 10 SCC 32, the Supreme Court observed that “One of the essential ingredients of fair hearing is that a person should be served with a proper notice, i.e. a person has a right to notice. Notice should be clear and precise so as to meet and make an effective defence. Denial of notice and any ambiguity there denied the right of the assessee for fair and judicious proceedings. The adequacy of notice is a relative term and must be decided with reference to each case.” Printed from counselvise.com 9 MA No. 01/RPR/2026 A.Y. 2015-16 7. Rebutting the facts of the present case, it is noted as per the documents on record that the first notice u/s. 143(2) of the Act, dated 18.09.2017 was issued by the ITO, Ward- 4(5), Raipur and thereafter, another notice u/s. 142(1) of the Act, dated 09.06.2018 was issued by the ITO, Ward-3(1), Raipur who had framed the assessment without any order of transfer as required u/s.127 of the Act by the Ld. Pr. CIT. Similarly, if it is to be accepted that the actual jurisdiction is with the ITO, Ward-3(1), Raipur then first notice u/s. 143(2) of the Act, dated 18.09.2017 which had been issued for initiating the scrutiny proceedings by the ITO, Ward-4(5), Raipur is definitely without a valid jurisdiction over the assessee. When the issuance of notice and framing of assessment order suffers from lack of jurisdiction as enshrined in the statute then all subsequent proceedings becomes non-est in the eyes of law. 8. I find that the Hon’ble Supreme Court in its recent order passed in the case of Union of India Vs. Rajeev Bansal (2024) 469 ITR 46 (SC) had, inter alia, observed that the order passed without jurisdiction is nullity. It was further observed that if a statute expressly confers a power or imposes a duty on a particular authority, then such power or duty must be exercised or performed by that authority itself. Elaborating further, the Hon’ble Apex Court had observed that any exercise of power by statutory authorities inconsistent with the statutory prescription is invalid. Apart from that, it was observed that as there cannot be any waiver of a statutory requirement or provision that goes to the root of the jurisdiction of assessment, therefore, any consequential order passed or action taken will be invalid and without jurisdiction. For the sake of clarity, the observations of the Hon’ble Apex Court are culled out as under: “xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx 30. If a statute expressly confers a power or imposes a duty on a particular authority, then such power or duty must be exercised or performed by that authority itself. (Dr. Premachandran Keezhoth Vs. Chancellor, Kannur University). Further, when a statute vests certain power in an authority to be exercised in a particular manner, then that authority has to exercise its power following the prescribed manner (CIT Vs. Anjum M.H. Ghaswala; State of Uttar Pradesh Vs. Singhara Singh). Any exercise of power by statutory authorities inconsistent with the statutory prescription is invalid…………. xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx Printed from counselvise.com 10 MA No. 01/RPR/2026 A.Y. 2015-16 32. A statutory authority may lack jurisdiction if it does not fulfil the preliminary conditions laid down under the statute, which are necessary to the exercise of its jurisdiction. (Chhotobhai Jethabhai Patel and Co. V. Industrial Court, Maharashtra Nagpur Bench). There cannot be any waiver of a statutory requirement or provision that goes to the root of the jurisdiction of assessment. (Superintendent of Taxes Vs. Onkarmal Nathmal Trust). An order passed without jurisdiction is a nullity. Any consequential order passed or action taken will also be invalid and without jurisdiction. (Dwarka Prasad Agrawal V. B.D. Agrawal). Thus, the power of assessing officers to reassess is limited and based on the fulfilment of certain preconditions. (CIT Vs. Kelvinator of India Ltd.)” 9. With these observations, the assessment framed by the ITO-3(1) Raipur vide his order passed u/s.143(3) of the Act, dated 26.10.2018 in absence of an order of transfer u/s.127 of the Act having been passed by the Ld. Pr.CIT and without any issuance of notice by him u/s. 143(2) of the Act to the assessee, is held to be without jurisdiction, invalid and bad in law and thus, the same is quashed. 10. Needless to say, once the assessment has been quashed for want of valid assumption of jurisdiction then all the other proceedings subsequent thereto becomes non-est in the eyes of law. As the legal issue has been answered in favour of the assessee then the grounds on merits becomes academic. 11. As per the aforesaid terms the grounds of appeal raised by the assessee stands allowed. 12. In the result, appeal of the assessee is allowed.” 9. Respectfully following the aforesaid decision on the same parity of reasoning, I hold that the assessment framed by ITO-2(1), Raipur vide his order passed u/s.143(3) of the Act, dated 28.12.2019 in absence of an order of transfer u/s. 127 of the Act and without any issuance of notice by him u/s. 143(2) of the Act to the assessee, is held to be without valid jurisdiction, bad in law hence quashed.” 11. Respectfully following the aforesaid decisions on the same parity of reasoning, we hold that the assessment framed by ITO-3(4), Raipur vide his order passed u/s.143(3) of the Act, dated 23.11.2017 in absence of an order of transfer u/s. 127 of the Act and without any issuance of notice by him Printed from counselvise.com 11 MA No. 01/RPR/2026 A.Y. 2015-16 u/s.143(2) of the Act to the assessee, is held to be without valid jurisdiction, bad in law hence quashed. 12. Since the assessment is quashed thereafter all the other proceedings becomes non-est in the eyes of law. As the legal issue has been answered in favour of the assessee therefore the grounds on merits becomes academic only. 13. As per the aforesaid terms the grounds of appeal raised by the assessee stands allowed. 14. In the result, appeal of the assessee is allowed.” 3. We have heard the submissions of the parties herein and also carefully considered the contents in the miscellaneous application filed by the Revenue and therein, the contents are akin to contemplating for a review of the decision taken by the Tribunal which is therefore, not permissible within the ambit of Section 254(2) of the Act. Taking guidance from the judicial pronouncements viz. (i) T.S. Balaram, ITO v. Volkart Bros., (1971) 82 ITR 50 (SC); (ii) Commissioner of Income Tax (IT-4) Vs. Reliance Telecom Ltd., (2021) 133 taxmann.com 41 (SC) and (iii) CIT Vs. Ramesh Electric & Trading Company reported as 203 ITR 497 (Bom.), it is held that the adjudication of the Tribunal is confined to rectification of the mistake which are apparent from record and nothing more. Section 254(2) of the Act does not allow the Tribunal to review its own order, to revisit the facts on record, to allow for any verification of facts through long drawn process of arguments and counter arguments by the parties; what can only be rectified is an apparent mistake, if any, in its order and nothing further. Printed from counselvise.com 12 MA No. 01/RPR/2026 A.Y. 2015-16 4. That as per the contents in the miscellaneous application, the Revenue has placed reliance on the judgments viz. (i) Harish Kumar Chhabada vs. Pr.CIT, TaxC No.138 of 2023, order dated 08.10.2025 (Hon’ble High Court of Chhattisgarh) ; (ii) ACIT vs. Saurashtra Kutch Stock Exchange Ltd. reported in (2008) 305 ITR 227 (SC). These decisions have been already considered in the order passed by the Third Member Bench, in the case of ACIT Vs. Ravi Sherwani, MA No.107/RPR/2023, A.Y.2013-14, dated 04.02.2026 wherein the Hon’ble Vice President (Pune Zone) [as Third Member] had upheld the decision of the Hon’ble Judicial Member dismissing the miscellaneous application filed by the Revenue wherein the Revenue had filed the miscellaneous application placing reliance on the abovementioned decisions and it was held by the Third Member Bench that the said decisions did not constitute the periphery of jurisdiction as assigned to the Tribunal u/s. 254(2) of the Act. Therefore, contentions made in the present miscellaneous application is nothing but repeated arguments by the Ld. Sr. DR which had already been overturned by the decision of the Third Member Bench. 5. In the present case, the Tribunal had provided relief to the assessee in its own wisdom by holding that the assessment framed by ITO-3(4), Raipur vide his order passed u/s.143(3) of the Act, dated 23.11.2017 in Printed from counselvise.com 13 MA No. 01/RPR/2026 A.Y. 2015-16 absence of an order of transfer u/s. 127 of the Act and without issuance of notice u/s.143(2) of the Act to the assessee, was held to be without valid jurisdiction, bad in law hence quashed. That the Revenue in the garb of filing the captioned miscellaneous application is only seeking review of the decision of the Tribunal which is not permissible and beyond the jurisdiction as envisaged u/s. 254(2) of the Act. Hence, we hold that the miscellaneous application preferred by the Revenue being devoid of any merits is dismissed. 6. In the result, miscellaneous application filed by the Revenue is dismissed. Order pronounced in the open court on 20th day of March, 2026. Sd/- Sd/- AVDHESH KUMAR MISHRA PARTHA SARATHI CHAUDHURY ACCOUNTANT MEMBER JUDICIAL MEMBER रायपुर/ RAIPUR ; Ǒदनांक / Dated : 20th March, 2026. SB, Sr. PS आदेश कȧ ĤǓतͧलͪप अĒेͪषत / Copy of the Order forwarded to : 1. अपीलाथȸ /The Appellant. 2. Ĥ×यथȸ /The Respondent. 3. The Pr. CIT-1, Raipur (C.G.) 4. ͪवभागीय ĤǓतǓनͬध, आयकर अपीलȣय अͬधकरण, रायपुर बɅच, रायपुर / DR, ITAT, Raipur Bench, Raipur. 5. गाड[ फ़ाइल / Guard File. आदेशानुसार / BY ORDER, Printed from counselvise.com 14 MA No. 01/RPR/2026 A.Y. 2015-16 // True Copy // Senior Private Secretary आयकर अपीलȣय अͬधकरण, रायपुर / ITAT, Raipur. Printed from counselvise.com "
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