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Issues: (i) Whether the Commissioner of Income-tax should be directed to decide the petitioner's transfer application under section 127 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 within a fixed time. (ii) Whether further proceedings pursuant to the notices under section 148 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 should remain stayed until disposal of the transfer application.
Issue (i): Whether the Commissioner of Income-tax should be directed to decide the petitioner's transfer application under section 127 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 within a fixed time.
Analysis: The transfer application was pending for a considerable time, and the authority was bound to decide it under the statutory scheme. The Court treated such disposal as necessary because a transfer, if granted, could remove the basis of the petitioner's grievance and require the matter to proceed before the transferee authority in accordance with law.
Conclusion: The Commissioner was directed to decide the transfer application within a reasonable time not later than two months from production of a certified copy of the order.
Issue (ii): Whether further proceedings pursuant to the notices under section 148 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 should remain stayed until disposal of the transfer application.
Analysis: Since the transfer application was yet to be decided, continued proceedings on the reassessment notices could prejudice the petitioner and defeat the purpose of seeking transfer. Interim protection was therefore considered appropriate until the administrative request was disposed of.
Conclusion: Further proceedings pursuant to the notices under section 148 were stayed until disposal of the transfer application.
Final Conclusion: The petition was disposed of with interim protection and a time-bound direction for decision of the transfer application, while the prayer regarding inspection of records was left open for consideration on merits by the concerned authority.
Ratio Decidendi: Where a statutory transfer application is pending, the Court may direct expeditious disposal of that application and grant interim protection against further proceedings to preserve the efficacy of the transfer request.
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