2012 (7) TMI 152

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....ts and quash the same by the issuance of a writ of certiorari or such other writ, order or direction;   ii) issue a writ of mandamus or such other writ, order or direction, directing the 2nd respondent to re-compute the income tax liability of the petitioners by applying the normal rate of tax applicable to Association of Persons for the assessment year 1997-98 in lieu of the maximum marginal rate of tax applicable under Section 164(1) of the Act and by deleting the levy of interest under Section 243 B of the Income Tax Act.   iii) direct the respondents not to initiate any coercive action against the petitioners for demand and recovery of the differential tax for the assessment year 1997-98 based on Exts.P4 series orders of....

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....he employee alone or also to anybody else. The assessing officer as well as the CIT (Appeals) have decided against the assessee for the reason that the benefits are extended to the dependents and relatives of the employees also. Now, the question to be considered is whether the benefits extended to the members of the family of the employees in fact amounted to benefits given to the employees alone or not. In all welfare measures, whether under Government or in Public Sector, benefits extended to the employees means benefits extended to their family members also. For example, Government employees are covered by Medical Benefits Schemes. The schemes are extended not only to the particular employee-individual alone; the immediate dependent rel....