Wtax/607/2018 Of Sudha Gupta v. Chief Commissioner Of Income Tax, Meerut And 3 Others

Case :- WRIT TAX No. - 607 of 2018 Petitioner :- Sudha Gupta Respondent :- Chief Commissioner Of Income Tax, Meerut And 3 OthersCounsel for Petitioner :- Rishi Raj KapoorCounsel for Respondent :- S.S.C. Hon'ble Krishna Murari,J.Hon'ble Ashok Kumar,J. Sri Manu Ghildyal, Advocate has filed his appearance slip on behalf ofrespondents, which is taken on record. Heard Sri Rishi Raj Kapoor, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri ManuGhildyal, learned counsel for the respondents-Department. By means of the present writ petition the petitioner has challenged the noticeissued under Section 221(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 dated 01.02.2018 bywhich the Assessing Authority has pressed for demand of Rs. 3,11,53,240/- forthe assessment year 2015-2016. The contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that against theassessment order the petitioner has filed an appeal before the Commissioner ofIncome Tax (Appeal), Muzaffarnagar and he has also filed an application underSection 220(6) of the Income Tax Act before the Assessing Authority on 27thMarch, 2018. The counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the saidapplication filed under Section 220(6) of the Act is still pending. Till date nodecision has been taken by the Assessing Authority. Hence the present writpetition. We have heard the learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. Thewrit petition is finally disposed of with the direction to the Assessing Authority,respondent no. 2 to decide the application filed under Section 220(6) of the Act(annexure-7) dated 27th March, 2018 within a period of two weeks from thedate the certified copy of the order of this Court is placed before the respondentno. 2. Till the decision taken on the aforesaid application, no coercive steps be takenagainst the petitioner by the respondents. The petitioner undertakes to file a certified copy of this order before therespondent no. 2 within a period of one week from today. Order Date :- 10.4.2018SK Srivastava .