Dismissed

Lokesh Chand Gupta v. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax and Others

Punjab & Haryana HC10 Sept 2026CWP/1577/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

This writ petition challenged a Section 148 notice under the Income Tax Act, 1961 issued by an ACIT for AY 2022-23, claiming lack of jurisdiction due to NFAC exclusivity. The court disposed of the petition in terms of two Co-ordinate Bench judgments.

What did the court decide?

The writ petition is disposed of in terms of the judgments in Jatinder Singh Bhangu vs. Union of India and Jasjit Singh vs. Union of India.

Lokesh Chand Gupta Vs Assistant Commissioner of Income… — Income Tax | Punjab & Haryana HC (2026)

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CWP-1577-2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

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CWP-1577-2025 (O&M) Date of Decision:-22.01.2025

Lokesh Chand Gupta

....Petitioner

Vs.

Asstt. Commissioner of Income Tax Officer, Central Circle DC/ACIT Central CIR-I, Gurgaon & ors. ...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, Advocate for the petitioner

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Mr. Yogesh Putney, Sr. Standing counsel with Mr. Vaibhav Gupta, Standing counsel for the respondent-Union of India.

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SUDEEPTI SHARMA, J.

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Challenge in the instant writ petition is to notice dated 29.03.2024 issued under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (for short ‘Act 1961”) and conseuqential proceedings, for AY 2022-2023.

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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 disputed the same.

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Gaurav Arora 2025.01.24 10:51 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document

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CWP-1577-2025

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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 29.03.2024 issued under Section 148 of the Act, 1961, for AY 2022-23 issued by respondent No. 1, 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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