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Issues: (i) whether the addition made on the basis of the alleged sale consideration of land required to be sustained or restored for fresh examination; (ii) whether the revisional order passed under section 263 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 was vitiated for want of reasonable opportunity of hearing.
Issue (i): whether the addition made on the basis of the alleged sale consideration of land required to be sustained or restored for fresh examination.
Analysis: The assessment was founded on material arising from search proceedings and on the premise that the assessee had received the higher consideration alleged by the department. The finding of the first appellate authority was linked to related proceedings in connected cases, but those proceedings themselves had already been restored for re-examination. In the circumstances, the factual foundation of the addition was not treated as fit for final affirmation at this stage, and consistency with the connected matters required the issue to go back to the assessing authority.
Conclusion: The addition was set aside and the matter was restored to the assessing authority for fresh consideration; the issue was in favour of the assessee.
Issue (ii): whether the revisional order passed under section 263 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 was vitiated for want of reasonable opportunity of hearing.
Analysis: The revisional authority passed the order on the same day on which adjournment was sought on medical grounds, without granting an effective opportunity of hearing. Such disposal was inconsistent with the requirement that an assessee be afforded a fair chance to respond before an order prejudicial to it is made. The defect went to the root of the revisional exercise, and the matter had to be reconsidered after hearing the assessee.
Conclusion: The revisional order under section 263 was set aside and the matter was remitted for fresh decision after granting adequate opportunity of hearing; the issue was in favour of the assessee.
Final Conclusion: The appeals did not result in a final determination of the disputed additions on merits and were sent back for reconsideration, with the revisional order also annulled for breach of fair hearing requirements.
Ratio Decidendi: An order affecting tax liability cannot be sustained where its factual foundation is under fresh examination in connected proceedings, and a revisional order passed without affording a reasonable opportunity of hearing is invalid.
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