Wp/1747/2023 Of Shanakaranarayana Sahakari Vyavasayika Sangha Niyamitha v. Commissioner Of Income Tax (Appeals)

Digitally signedbyNARASIMHAMURTHYVANAMALALocation: HIGHCOURT OFKARNATAKA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 30 DAY OF JANUARY, 2023 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B M SHYAM PRASAD -WRIT PETITION NO. 1747 OF 2023 (TIT) BETWEEN: SHANAKARANARAYANA SAHAKARI VYAVASAYIKA SANGHA NIYAMITHA (REGISTERED UNDER KCS ACT 1959) MAIN ROAD, SHANKARANARAYAN KUNDAPURA TALUK UDUPI DISTRICT-57627 REPRESENTED BY C E O MR GOPAL NAIK D, AGE 51 YEARS …PETITIONER (BY SRI. MAHESH R UPPIN, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (APPEALS) NATIONAL FACELSS APPEAL CENTRE, ROOM NO.356, C R BUILDING, I P ESTATE, NEW DELHI-110002. NATIONAL FACELSS APPEAL CENTRE, ROOM NO.356, C R BUILDING, I P ESTATE, NEW DELHI-110002. 2. ASSESSING OFFICER NATIONAL FACELESS ASSESSMENT CENTRE, DELHI-110002. NATIONAL FACELESS ASSESSMENT CENTRE, DELHI-110002. 3. INCOME TAX OFFICERWARD -1 AND TPS AAYAKAR BHAVAN, WARD -1 AND TPS AAYAKAR BHAVAN, ADI UDUPI MALPE ROAD UDUPI-576103. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI.E.I. SANMATHI, ADVOCATE) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECT THE R1 TO DISPOSE OFF THE APPEAL ANNEXURE-C DATED 25/10/2022 FILED BY THE PETITIONER IN THE E-PORTAL WITHIN A PERIOD OF THREE MONTHS AND TILL THE DISPOSAL OF THE SAID APPEAL, NOT TO MAKE ANY DEMAND OF INCOME TAX FROM THE PETITONER; OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE DIRECT THE R3 TO FORWARD THE APPLICATION FILED UNDER ANNEXURE-E DATED 26/10/2022 TO THE R2 AND IN TURN DIRECT THE R2 TO CONSIDER THE SAID APPLICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW AND TILL THE DISPOSAL OF THE SAID APPLICATION NOT TO RECOVER THE TAX UNDER DEMAND. GRANT AN INTERIM ORDER TO STAY OPERATION OF THE DEMAND. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING: ORDER The petitioner has filed this petition for a direction to the first respondent to dispose of the petitioner’s appeal [Annexure-C] within a timeline, or in the alternative, has sought for directions to the second respondent to consider his application for stay [Annexure-E] with a direction to the second respondent not to take any action until such application for stay is considered. Sri. Mahesh R Uppin, the learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that in similar circumstances this Court has disposed of the writ petition in W.P. No.22913/2022 by order dated 09.12.2022 directing the Appellate Authority to dispose of the appeal expeditiously with simultaneous direction to the second respondent to consider the application for stay and pass suitable orders in accordance with law within a period of three [3] weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the order with a further direction that no precipitative or coercive measures shall be taken. As such, this Court may consider passing similar orders in this petition. Sri E I Sanmathi, the learned standing counsel for the respondents, who is called upon to accept notice, submits that this Court could consider directing the second respondent to consider the petitioner’s application for stay [Annexure-E] within three [3] months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order and also the petitioner’s request for directions for expeditious disposal of the appeal. In the light of the above, the petition stands disposed of directing the second respondent to consider the petitioner’s application for stay [Annexure-E] within a period of three [3] months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order strictly in accordance with law and until such decision, the respondents are restrained from taking any coercive measures against the petitioner. It would be open to the petitioner to seek expeditious disposal of the appeal before the Appellate Authority. Sd/- JUDGE AN/-