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of <h1>Tribunal Upholds Dismissal of Late Objections, Invalidates Assessment Order</h1> <h3>TDK Electronics AG (Formerly known as EPCOS AG) C/o. EPCOS India Pvt. Ltd. Versus ACIT (IT), Circle-1, Pune</h3> TDK Electronics AG (Formerly known as EPCOS AG) C/o. EPCOS India Pvt. Ltd. Versus ACIT (IT), Circle-1, Pune - TMI Issues Involved:1. Delay in filing objections before the Dispute Resolution Panel (DRP).2. DRP's power to condone delay.3. Validity of the assessment order passed by the Assessing Officer (AO).Issue-wise Detailed Analysis:1. Delay in filing objections before the Dispute Resolution Panel (DRP):The assessee, a non-resident company, filed objections to the draft assessment order one day late. The draft order was received on 24.12.2018, and the objections were filed on 24.01.2019, while the deadline was 23.01.2019. The DRP dismissed the objections as time-barred, stating it had no power to condone the delay.2. DRP's power to condone delay:Section 144C(2) mandates that objections to the draft order must be filed within 30 days. The DRP, relying on the judgment of the Hon’ble Bombay High Court in CIT Vs. Grasim Industries Ltd. (2009) 319 ITR 154, held it had no power to condone the delay. The Tribunal noted that the Income-tax Act, 1961, provides specific provisions for condonation of delay in certain sections (e.g., sections 249(2), 253(3), 260A(2A), and 264(3)), but no such provision exists in section 144C for the DRP. Thus, the DRP rightly held itself incompetent to condone the delay.3. Validity of the assessment order passed by the Assessing Officer (AO):Since the objections were time-barred, the AO should have completed the assessment based on the draft order within one month from the end of the month in which the period for filing objections expired, i.e., by February 2019. However, the AO completed the assessment on 24.10.2019, which was beyond the prescribed period. The Tribunal declared this assessment order ultra vires and null and void, resulting in the acceptance of the returned income as the final assessed income.Conclusion:The Tribunal allowed the appeal, holding that the DRP correctly dismissed the objections as time-barred due to the lack of power to condone the delay. Consequently, the assessment order passed by the AO was declared time-barred and invalid, resulting in the acceptance of the returned income.
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