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Issues: Whether the impugned appellate order passed against the deceased assessee without formal substitution of the legal heir is sustainable, and whether the matter should be restored to the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals)/NFAC for fresh adjudication against the legal representative under Section 159(2A) of the Income-tax Act, 1961.
Analysis: The proceedings before the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) were initiated by the assessee when alive and continued after the assessee's death without formally bringing the death to the notice of the appellate authority or effecting substitution of the legal representative. Section 159(2A) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 deems proceedings taken against a deceased to have been taken against the legal representative and permits continuation from the stage at which they stood on the date of death. The appellate order under challenge was rendered without applying the statutory mechanism for continuation against the legal representative and without deciding the appeal afresh against the substituted party. In these circumstances, the appropriate remedy is to set aside the impugned order and restore the grounds to the appellate authority for fresh adjudication in accordance with Section 159(2A).
Conclusion: The impugned order is set aside and the grounds of appeal are restored to the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals)/NFAC for fresh decision against the legal representative in accordance with Section 159(2A) of the Income-tax Act, 1961; appeal allowed for statistical purposes.
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