Appeal Validity Confirmed if Admitted Taxes Paid Later u/s 249(4); Appeal Can Proceed on Merits.

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....Appeal before CIT(A) - Non deposit of admitted tax/advance tax as provided u/s 249(4) - Payment of tax is mandatory but the requirement of paying such tax before filing appeal is only directory and where the defect in the appeal, being the non-payment of such tax, is removed, the earlier defective appeal becomes valid, applies equally to clause (b) sub-section (4) of section 249 - where the admitted taxes are paid at a later point of time, then the appeal of the assessee should be considered as properly instituted and should be heard and decided by the CIT(Appeals) on merits. - AT....