2017 (3) TMI 1567

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....E R PER C.N.PRASAD (J.M.) : This appeal is filed by the Assessee against the order of the Ld. CIT-5, Mumbai dated 17.12.2013 passed u/s 263 of the Act. 2. The Ld. Counsel for the Assessee at the outset submits that the Ld. CIT passed order u/s 263 cancelling the assessment order passed u/s 143(3) of the Act and directed the Assessing Officer to initiate penalty proceedings u/s 271(1)(c) of the ....

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.... order erroneous and prejudicial to the interest of the revenue. Therefore, he submits that the Ld. CIT directed the Assessing Officer to initiate penalty proceedings u/s 271(1)(c) of the Act. The Ld. Counsel for the Assessee submits that the Assessing Officer has discretion to initiate penalty proceedings or not and the Assessing Officer has taken a conscious decision not to initiate penalty proc....

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....t the Assessing Officer to initiate penalty proceedings u/s 271(1)(c) of the Act. The Ld. Commissioner passed order u/s 263 holding that the omission on the part of the Assessing Officer to initiate penalty proceedings during the course of assessment has rendered the assessment order erroneous and prejudicial to the interest of the revenue. He placed reliance on the decision of Allahabad High Cour....