Assessment Order Invalid: AO Erred by Proceeding Under Wrong Section Without Filing Return or Issuing Notice.

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....Assessment u/s 153A/143 - Difference between assessments under section 143(3) and 144 - Mention of nature of the order as section 153A r.w.s. 143(3) was not a technical mistake or an error which can be cured by resorting to the provisions of section 292B of the Act. AO even though recording that no return had been filed and no notice under section 143(2) had been issued, continued to proceed as if he was making an assessment under section 143(3) - Hence, the order made under section 153A/ 143(3) is not legally tenable and ought to have been made under section 144 of the Act. - AT....