Bangalore International Airport Ltd. Vs Deputy Commissioner / Assistant

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NC: 2025:KHC:40501 WP No. 29060 of 2025

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HC-KAR

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU

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DATED THIS THE 13^TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025 BEFORE

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THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO. 29060 OF 2025 (T-IT)

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BETWEEN:

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BANGALORE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LTD., ADMINISTRATION BLOCK, BRAVO-1, KEMPEGOWDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, BANGALORE-560300 IN CORPORATED U/S COMPANIES ACT, 1956 REPRESENTED BY ITS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER MR. BHASKAR ANAND RAO.

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…PETITIONER

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(BY SMT. TANMAYEE RAJKUMAR, ADV.)

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AND:

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Digitally signed by NANJUNDACHARI Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA

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DEPUTY COMMISSIONER/ ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX CIRCLE 2(1)(1), BMTC BUILDING 80 FEET ROAD, KORAMANGALA BENGALURU -560095.

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ADDITIONAL/JOINT COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX- RANGE 2(1), BMTC BUILDING,6^TH BLOCK 80 FEET ROAD, KORAMANGALA BENGALURU- 560095.

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…RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. E.I. SANMATHI, ADV. FOR R1 & R2)

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THIS PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO A) QUASHING THE ORDER DATED 30.06.2025 BEARING NO. ITBA/AST/F/148A/

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HC-KAR

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2025-26/1078009145(1) (ANNEXURE-J) ISSUED BY THE 1^ST RESPONDENT UNDER SECTION 148 OF THE ACT FOR THE ASSESSMENT YEAR 2021-22 AND ETC.

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THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR

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ORAL ORDER

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In this petition, the petitioner seeks the following

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reliefs:

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"a) Quashing the notice dated 30.06.2025 bearing No.ITBA/AST/S/148-1/2025-26/1078009145 (1) (Annexure-J) issued by the 1^st Respondent under Section 148 of the Act for the assessment year 202122;

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b) Quashing of the order dated 30.06.2025 bearing DIN No.ITBA/AST/F/148A/2025-26/ 1078008757(1) (Annexure-H) passed by the 1^st Respondent under Section 148A(3) of the Act for the assessment year 2021-22 rejecting the Petitioner’s objections to the reassessment proceedings;

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(c) Pass such other or further orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit in the facts and circumstances of the case, in the interests of justice and equity.

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HC-KAR

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and

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learned counsel for the respondents and perused the material on record.

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In addition to reiterating the various contentions urged in the memorandum of petition and referring to the material on record, learned counsel for the petitionnber invited my attention to the order of a Coordinate Bench of this Court in the case of Ramachandra

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Reddy Ravi Kumar Vs. Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax - W.P.No.17352/2022 and connected matters - dated 28.08.2025 , in order to contend that the present petition deserves to be allowed and disposed of in terms of the said order.

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Per contra, learned counsel for the respondents

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submits that there is no merit in the petition and that the same is liable to be dismissed.

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As rightly contended by the learned counsel for

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the petitioner the present petition is directly and squarely

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HC-KAR

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covered by the decision of a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in the case of Ramachandra Reddy Ravi Kumar Vs. Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax - W.P.No.17352/2022 and connected matters - dated 28.08.2025, the operative portion of which reads as under:

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"13. I, therefore, pass the following:

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O R D E R

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(i) The impugned show cause notices issued by the jurisdictional Assessing Officer outside the scope of Section 151-A of the Act stand obliterated. All further proceedings initiated thereto, challenged in these cases would stand quashed.

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(ii) Liberty is reserved to the respondents - revenue to revive all these petitions in the event the Apex Court would hold in favour of the Revenue in the pending before it.

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(iii) With the aforesaid liberty and to the aforesaid extent, the petitions are allowed.

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(iv) Contentions of both the parties except the one noted hereinabove, shall remain open

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HC-KAR

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to be considered in the event revival of these petitions would become necessary."

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The aforesaid order is applicable to the facts

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and circumstances of the instant case and consequently, the present petition also deserves to be disposed of in terms of the judgment of co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Ramachandra Reddy's case (supra) .

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In the result, I pass the following:

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ORDER

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(i) The petition is allowed and disposed of in terms

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of the decision of a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in the

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case of Ramachandra Reddy Ravi Kumar Vs. Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax - W.P.No.17352/2022

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and connected matters - dated 28.08.2025.

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(ii) The impugned show cause notices and consequential orders, notices etc., at Annexures-J and H both dated 30.06.2025 respectively are hereby quashed.

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(iii) Liberty is reserved in favour of the respondents

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Revenue to seek revival of this petition, subsequent to disposal of the matters pending before the Apex Court and all rival contentions between the parties in this regard are

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kept open and no opinion is expressed on the same.

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Sd/(S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR) JUDGE

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