Evalueserve Sez (Gurgaon) Pvt. Ltd v. Assistant Commissioner Of Income Tax

$~35. * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P. (C) No. 1145/2018 EVALUESERVE SEZ (GURGAON) PVT. LTD. ..... Petitioner Through Ms. Ananya Kapoor, Advocate. Through Ms. Ananya Kapoor, Advocate. versus ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX..... Respondent Through Mr. Rahul Chaudhary, Sr. Standing Counsel. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDER SHEKHAR % O R D E R22.03.2018 The petitioner has filed the present writ petition for payment of refund of Rs.69,31,610/-, due and payable pursuant to the order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal dated 30[th] June, 2017 in respect of Assessment Year 2010-11. 2. The refund, it is stated, was approved on 26[th] December, 2017, and even thereafter was not paid compelling the petitioner to file the present writ petition on which notice was issued vide order dated 7[th] February, 2018. 3. Respondents state that the refund was credited to the account of the petitioner on 9[th] March, 2018, after a delay of more than eight months from the date of the order of the Tribunal and more than two months after the refund was approved/sanctioned on 26[th] December, 2017. 4. On being questioned, counsel for the respondent/Revenue states that interest has been paid upto 26[th] December, 2017 and not till 9[th] March, 2018. 5. The respondents would pay interest till 9[th] March, 2018, the date on which the refund was credited to the account of the petitioner. 6. The petitioner would be also entitled to costs of Rs.5,000/-, which would be paid alongwith interest within a period of four weeks from the date a copy of this order is received by the respondents. With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition is disposed of. SANJIV KHANNA, J. MARCH 22, 2018 VKR/b CHANDER SHEKHAR, J.