1986 (11) TMI 14

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....on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in holding that the assessee was not under an obligation to file an estimate in terms of section 212(3A) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, and was not liable to pay any interest under section 217(1A) of the said Act ? " The assessee, M/s. Golcha Properties (P.) Ltd., is a private limited company in liquidation. While filing its return of income-tax for the assessment year 1971-72, it claimed that it had no income and, accordingly, in Part I of the return nil income was shown. But, in Part IV of the return, the assessee declared an income of Rs. 12,94,515 which was claimed to be exempt. The Income-tax Officer, however, brought the entire income of the company in liquidat....

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....the interests of the Revenue." The assessee filed a reply to the said notice; but, since nobody appeared on behalf of the assessee, the Commissioner of Income-tax passed the impugned order to the following effect : " I have considered the various contentions raised in the written reply. The assessee has not indicated that any circumstances exist for the waiver of interest in terms of rule 40 of the Income-tax Rules, 1962. There is also nothing on record to indicate that at the time of making the original assessment, the Income-tax Officer had taken any conscious decision to waive interest under section 217(1A). The assessment is, therefore, clearly prejudicial to the interests of the Revenue. The same is accordingly cancelled and the ....