Refund claim along with interest u/s 244A - Since, in the...

Refund claim along with interest u/s 244A - Since, in the present case, the Assessing Officer has failed to process the return of the petitioner filed in accordance with law within the prescribed time, this Court is of the opinion that the return as declared/filed will have to be treated as ‘deemed intimation’ and an order under Section 143(1) of the Act. - assessee cannot be penalised for inaction on the part of the respondent-department. - If the respondents do not refund the amount immediately due and payable to the assessee, then interest on the said amount would accrue at the expense of the tax payer. - HC