Jurisdiction under Section 127: absence of transfer order meant the assessment was quashed for lack of authority.

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....A jurisdictional objection going to the root of assessment authority was allowed as an additional ground because it raised a pure question of law on admitted facts. Since no order transferring jurisdiction under Section 127 had been passed, transfer from one Assessing Officer to another could not be presumed and the assessment proceedings were rendered without valid authority. The Tribunal therefore admitted the additional ground and quashed the assessment as void for lack of jurisdiction.....