Reassessment notices against a deceased assessee are invalid unless proceedings are brought against legal representatives under the statute.

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....Proceedings under Section 148A cannot be initiated against a deceased assessee; where the assessee has died, the Department must invoke the statutory mechanism under Section 159 against the legal representatives. As that route was not followed here, the notices were unsustainable and were quashed, while liberty was preserved for the Department to proceed in accordance with law against the legal representatives.....