Reassessment under OVAT Act Section 43 requires formal acceptance of self-assessment u/s 39 for pre-October 2015 periods.

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....Reassessment under Section 43 of the OVAT Act - absence of completion of assessment under Sections 39, 40, 42 or 44 of the OVAT Act - The picture that emerges is that if the self-assessment under Section 39 of the OVAT Act for tax periods prior to 1st October, 2015 are not “accepted’ either by a formal communication or an acknowledgment by the Department, then such assessment cannot be sought to be re-opened under Section 43 (1) of the OVAT Act and further subject to the fulfillment of other requirements of that provision as it stood prior to 1st October, 2015. - HC....