2024 (8) TMI 182

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.... Sriram Sridharan for the Petitioner Mr. Akhileshwar Sharma for the Respondents-Revenue ORDER P C : 1. Yesterday, i.e., 26th February 2024, the following order was passed : "1. Counsel for Petitioner states after the petition was filed, Petitioner has received a refund of Rs.8,68,96,030/- which comprises of interest from 1st April 2020 to 22nd October 2021 amounting to Rs.75,3....

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....that the interest will be paid, but the department needs two months to make said payment. In our view, that is a most audacious request the department could make because this interest also is being paid in view of the delay by the department. As noted time and again in various matters, the officers do not realize that it is a public money that is used to pay interest and an effort should be made t....