Disposed

Pujaa Sharma v. Income Tax Officer, Ward 2(1), Faridabad and Others

Punjab & Haryana HC10 Sept 2026CWP/10297/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

A High Court Bench disposed of a writ petition challenging a notice issued u/s 148 of the Income Tax Act for AY 2021-2022. The court followed co-ordinate precedents accepting the petitioner's ground regarding FDAC authority to issue notices contrary to CBDT circulars but granted liberty to follow statutory procedure.

What did the court decide?

The writ petition is disposed of allowing liberty to follow the procedure under the Income Tax Act, 1961.

Pujaa Sharma Vs Income Tax Off… — Constitutional and Fundamental Rights | Punjab & Haryana HC (2026)

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CWP-10297-2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

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CWP-10297-2025 Date of Decision:-09.04.2025

PUJAA SHARMA

....Petitioner

Vs.

INCOME TAX OFFICER, WARD 2(1), FARIDABAD AND OTHERS

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...Respondents

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN PALLI HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUDEEPTI SHARMA

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Present: Mr. Kartik Bansal, Advocates for the petitioner.

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Mr. Varun Issar, Sr. Standing counsel with Ms. Pridhi Sandhu, Advocate for the respondent.

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SUDEEPTI SHARMA, J.

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Challenge in the instant writ petition is to notice dated 29.03.2025 issued under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (for short “Act 1961”) for AY 2021-2022.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the issue involved in the present writ petition is covered by the judgment passed by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in the cases of Jatinder Singh Bhangu vs. Union of India and others , passed in CWP No. 15745-2024 and connected matter, decided on 19.07.2024 and Jasjit Singh vs. Union of India and others (CWP No. 21509-2023 and other connected matters), decided on 29.07.2024 .

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Learned counsel appearing for Union of India has also not

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disputed the same.

We have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the whole records of the case.

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The petitioner has challenged the notice dated 29.03.2025 issued under Section 148 of the Act, 1961 for AY 2021-2022, on the ground that he had no jurisdiction to issue the same, in view of the circular/notification dated 29.03.2022 of the CBDT, wherein, it has been specifically enumerated that the NFAC has exclusive power to issue the notice under Section 148 of the Act, 1961.

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A Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Jatinder Singh Bhangu’s

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case (supra) and Jasjit Singh’s case (supra), allowed the writ petitions on the same issue, as raised in the present writ petition, by granting liberty to the revenue to follow the procedure as laid down under the Act, 1961 and proceed accordingly, if so advised.

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In view of the above, the present writ petition is disposed of, in terms of Jatinder Singh Bhangu’s case (supra), decided on 19.07.2024 and Jasjit Singh’s case (supra), decided on 29.07.2024

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