Tax Department's Nil TDS Certificate Denied: Non-Compliance with Rule 28AA Found in Annual Rate Determination.

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....Order u/s 197 refusing to grant a certificate of tax deduction at source at Nil rate - Perusal of Rule 28AA of the Income Tax Rules shows that the considerations prescribed under clause (2) are mandatory and the department is bound to determine the yearly TDS rates on the four parameters prescribed therein. - It is settled law that the Government is bound to follow the rules and standards they themselves had set on pain of their action being invalidated. In the present case, the assessing officer has not followed the aforesaid rule as there is no reference in the impugned reason to any computation carried out under Rule 28AA. - HC....