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Reopening of assessment u/s 147 - Since an order under section 143(3) had been passed after eliciting various information from the petitioner, which was responded to by the petitioner, it must be presumed that the Assessing Officer, while passing the order under section 143(3) of the Act, had considered all issues pertaining to the queries raised as also issues in regard to which the information was sought and therefore, if the matter is deemed to have been considered, any subsequent reassessment on the same issue would be nothing but a ‘change of opinion’. - HC
Reopening of assessment u/s 147 - Since an order under section 143(3) had been passed after eliciting various information from the petitioner, which was responded to by the petitioner, it must be presumed that the Assessing Officer, while passing the order under section 143(3) of the Act, had considered all issues pertaining to the queries raised as also issues in regard to which the information was sought and therefore, if the matter is deemed to have been considered, any subsequent reassessment on the same issue would be nothing but a ‘change of opinion’. - HC
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