2015 (8) TMI 1390

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....ursuant to the order passed by this Court on 13th August, 2015, Mr S. K. Ray, Member (Audit and Judicial), Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and Mr A. K. Sinha, Principal Commissioner of Income Tax (Pr CIT), Delhi Region are present in the Court. Also present are Mr Niranjan Kohli, CIT (Judicial), Mr. Vivek Kumar Additional CIT (Judicial) and Mr. Mr Ramesh Chandra, Deputy CIT. 2. The Court has been shown the letter dated 19th August, 2015 addressed by Mr Niranjan Kouli, CIT (Judicial) to Mr N. P. Sahni, Senior Standing Counsel, explaining the circumstances under which Mr S. K. Das, Secretary (Revenue) is unable to present in the Court today. 3. In an affidavit dated 20th August 2015 of Mr. Kouli (which has been tendered in the Cour....

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....t already done so, will acquaint himself and apprise the ITD of the Rules, practice directions and procedures of the Court concerning (regular and electronic) filing and re-filing of appeals/applications etc. and in particular the time periods (limitation) within which steps have to be taken. Keeping that in view, specific time lines be set for standing counsel to complete the steps. 6. There should be a system devised for the Deputy CIT, under supervision of the Additional CIT to monitor on a constant (if not daily) basis the adherence to time lines in various matters entrusted to standing counsel. If there is delay beyond the acceptable limit, for any reason whatsoever, it should be possible for the case to be re-assigned to another st....

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....ined finality one way of the other, i.e., either in favour of the Revenue or the Assessee. There should be a regular channel of communication of such information to the standing counsel (with a copy being provided to the Court Masters by the Deputy CIT). This will greatly facilitate the disposal of such Regular Matters. 9. On all the above three aspects, Mr Ray and Mr Sinha assured the Court that a supplementary SOP will be prepared and placed before the Court within a month's time. The Court will also like to impress upon the ITD that its communication with its standing counsel should be through emails and other electronic forms of communication and the movement of hard copies of files and papers should be avoided unless absolutely esse....