Meera Pandey And Another v. Principle Director General Of Income Tax And

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD *** WRIT TAX No. - 15 of 2023 Meera Pandey and another.....Petitioners Through :- Mr. Ravi Kant, Senior Advocate with Mr. Rahul Agarwal, Advocate v/s Principle Director General of Income Tax and .....RespondentsothersThrough :- Mr. Gaurav Mahajan, Advocate for respondents No. 1 to 4 CORAM : HON'BLE RAJESH BINDAL, CHIEF JUSTICEHON'BLE J.J. MUNIR, JUDGE ORDER 1. Only prayer made by the petitioners in the present writ petition is that some reasonable time be granted to them for furnishing information as sought for by the Income Tax Department in pursuance of the notice issued under Section 131 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, as the records pertaining to the last six years have been called for. It will take some time to collect the information. 2. It was further submitted that grant of reasonable time to the petitioner to furnish the requisite information will not have any effect as far as time barring of any assessment is concerned. 3. On the other hand, learned counsel for the respondents submitted that after the notices were issued to the petitioners, reasonable time is being granted to them to furnish the information, which is already available with them. However, still in case some more time is granted, the petitioners be directed to appear before the competent Authority along with the information asked for. 2 WTAX No. 15 of 2023 4. After hearing learned counsel for the parties and considering the stand taken by them, in our opinion, the present writ petition can be disposed of granting time to the petitioners to furnish the information as required in terms of notices issued under Section 131 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The petitioners shall appear before the competent Authority on February 1, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. along with complete information as sought for from them. 5. Ordered accordingly. Allahabad05.01.2023Deepak/Ishan (J.J. Munir) Judge (Rajesh Bindal) Chief Justice Whether the order is speaking :Yes/NoWhether the order is reportable : Yes/No