Tax assessment order wrongly cited; clarification accepted. Petition challenging it dismissed.

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....The High Court dismissed the petition challenging the assessment order u/s 144C of the Income Tax Act. The Assessing Officer clarified that the impugned order was passed u/s 143(3) and not Section 144C, rectifying the systemic error reflecting it as an order u/s 144C. The petitioner's contention that the order was passed u/s 144C was incorrect, and the challenge based on this assumption was unsustainable after the Assessing Officer's clarification. Consequently, the High Court found no merit in the petition and dismissed it with costs.....