Taxpayer Allowed to Present Evidence for Interest Claim u/s 244A; Initial Appeal Dismissed Due to Misinterpretation.

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....Application u/s 154 - grant of interest u/ 244A - On appeal, we find that the CIT(A), being of the view that the impugned order before him was an order passed by the A.O u/s 154 of the Act declining the assessee’s request for rectification, had thus, proceeded with on the basis of the said misconceived factual position and had dismissed the assessee’s appeal, for the reason, that the claim of the assessee did not fall within the realm of a mistake apparent from the record within the meaning of Sec. 154 - Assessee shall in the course of the set-aside proceedings remain at a liberty to substantiate its entitlement for interest u/s 244A on the amount of the self-assessment tax - AT....