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Sukhpal Singh Bhullar v. Income Tax Officer Ward 6(1) Chandigarh and Others

Punjab & Haryana HC10 Sept 2026CWP/18607/2025

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What is this about?

A civil writ petition challenging a Section 148 notice issued by the Jurisdictional Assessing Officer. The Court held the notice invalid as it contravened the faceless assessment mandate and quashed it.

What did the court decide?

The impugned notice dated 25.06.2025 is quashed with liberty to the respondents to proceed against the petitioner in accordance with law.

Sukhpal Singh Bhullar Vs Income Tax Officer Ward 6(1) Chandigarh and Others — Punjab & Haryana HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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CWP-18607-2025 (O&M)

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Sr. No.133

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

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CWP-18607-2025 (O&M) Date of Decision : 09.07.2025

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Sukhpal Sing h Bhullar …Petitioner

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Versus Income Tax Officer, Ward 6(1), Chandigarh a n d others

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…Respondents

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CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK SIBAL HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE LAPITA BANERJI

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Present : M r. Kartik Bansal, Advocate f o r the petitioner.

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M r. Yogesh Putney, Senior Stan d ing Counsel and M r. Vaibhav Gupta and M r. Vidul Kapoor, Jr. Standing Counsels f o r the Income Tax Department-r e spondents.

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DEEPAK SIBAL, J. (Oral)

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C hallenge made through the in s tant petition is to the notice dated 25.06.2 0 25 (Annexure P-1) issued to th e petitioner by the respondents under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1 961. The primary ground of challenge raised by the petitioner is that the impugned notice has been issued by the Jurisdictional Assessing Offic e r which could have not been done because i n terms of the notification date d 29.03.2022 (Annexure P-2), issued by the Ministry of Finance, Govern m ent of India, the impugned notice could h a ve been issued only by way of f aceless assessment. 2. I n support of his afore submis s ion, learned counsel for the petitioner places reliance on the following tw o judgments of this Court:-

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i. CW P -15745-2024, titled Jatinder Singh Bhangu Vs. Union of India and others, decided on 19.07. 2 024; and

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VANDANA 2025.07.11 10:06 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document

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CWP-18607-2025 (O&M)

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ii. CW P -21509-2023, titled Jasjit Singh Vs. Union of India and others , decided on 29.07.2024.

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Learned counsel for the respond e nts does not dispute the fact that the case o f the petitioner is covered in hi s favour by the law laid down through the a f oresaid two judgments rendere d by two different co-ordinate Benches of th i s Court in Jatinder Singh Bhangu and Jasjit Singh ( supra) . 4. I n the light of the above, in te r ms of the law laid down in Jatinder Singh Bhangu and Jasjit Singh ( supra), the impugned notice dated 25.06.2 0 25 (Annexure P-1), issued b y the Jurisdictional Assessing Officer, is her e by quashed with liberty to the r espondents to proceed against the petitioner i n accordance with law.