2005 (9) TMI 66

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....arned senior counsel appearing for the respondent, on the other hand, has pointed out that there is delay of about 458 days and that the delay has not been properly explained and the statements made in paragraph 6 do not seem to be a sufficient explanation for condoning the delay. He also pointed out that an officer of the rank of an inspector in the office of the Commissioner of Income-tax has affirmed the affidavit. No officer of responsible rank has taken the responsibility of the statements made in the application. Mr. Bajoria had drawn our attention to this case and submits that almost in every case there is an application for condonation of delay. The delays range sometime up to 400/500 days or more. He also pointed out that the manne....

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....and the Department itself is responsible for the delay and committing the delay and then throwing the blame on the courts for the delay being oblivious of the fact that the Department itself was responsible for the delay and is unnecessarily keeping the court busy with applications for condonation of delay. There might be some substance in the submission of Mr. Bajoria. For obvious reasons, we do not want to elaborate. But the fact remains that the way in which the delays are being explained are not sufficient explanation and despite our repeated reminders to the learned advocates appearing for the Department, the situation has not shown any improvement and no one has pointed out that any steps have been taken for pulling up any of the o....