Dismissed

Furman Singh Sandhu v. Income Tax Officer Ward 3(1) Ferozepur and Others

Punjab & Haryana HC10 Sept 2026CWP/15915/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

The High Court disposed of a writ petition challenging a notice under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act issued by an Income Tax Officer. Following priorordinate decisions, the court granted liberty to the revenue to proceed and dismissed the jurisdictional challenge.

What did the court decide?

Petitioner's challenge to the notice under Section 148 is disposed of by granting liberty to revenue to proceed.

Furman Singh Sandhu Vs Income Tax… — Civil Procedure and Limitation | Punjab & Haryana HC (2026)

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CWP-15915-2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

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225 CWP-15915-2025 (O&M) Date of Decision:-28.05.2025

Furman Singh Sandhu

....Petitioner

Vs.

Income Tax Officer, Ward 3 (1), Ferozepur & ors. ...Respondents

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CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE LISA GILL HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUDEEPTI SHARMA

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

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Ms. Urvashi Dhugga, Sr. Standing counsel for the respondents.

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SUDEEPTI SHARMA, J.

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Challenge in the present petition is to notice dated 22.02.2024 issued under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (for short ‘Act 1961’) and all consequential actions, for AY 2020-2021.

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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. 215092023 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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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 22.02.2024 issued under Section 148 of the Act, 1961 and all consequential actions, for AY

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Gaurav Arora 2025.06.06 15:32 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document

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CWP-15915-2025

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2020-2021 on the ground that the Issuing Authority 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 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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