Delayed initiation of TDS return penalties after nine years rendered the penalty illegal and unsustainable.

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....Penalty for belated filing of TDS returns may not be sustained where penalty proceedings are initiated after an unexplained nine-year lapse. The Tribunal note states that, following a coordinate Bench decision on materially similar facts, the delayed penalty was treated as illegal and unsustainable. The penalty order was set aside and the taxpayer's appeal was allowed.....