Penalty u/s 271(1)(b) Overturned Due to Incorrect Address and Communication Errors by Assessing Officer.

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....Levy of penalty u/s 271(1)(b) - non appearance before the Assessing Officer - AO kept an issuing notices on the wrong address even when the first notice was not served due to wrong address. All these series of facts shows that there was a mis-communication at the end of the AO about the address and also not mentioning the husband’s name of the assessee which resulted in non serving of the notice since she resided in village - no justification in the action of the AO in initiating and levying penalty u/s 271(1)(b). - AT....