Suparshva Swabs (I) v. National Faceless Appeal Centre & ORS.

$~32 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 356/2025 & CM APPL. 1749/2025 SUPARSHVA SWABS (I) .....Petitioner Through:

Mr. Sankalp Malik, Advocate versus NATIONAL FACELESS APPEAL CENTRE & ORS.

.....Respondents Through:

Mr. Kushagra Kumar, SPC and Mr.

Abhinav Bhardwaj, GP, for UOI Mr. Sunil Agarwal, SSC with Mr.

Shivansh B. Pandey, Mr. Viplav Acharya, Ms. Priya Sarkar, JSC and Mr. Utkarsh Tiwari, Advocates

CORAM:

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TUSHAR RAO GEDELA

O R D E R

% 24.02.2025 1.

Present writ petition has been filed, inter alia, seeking the following prayers:- "a) To issue an appropriate writ, order, or direction to Respondent No.1 directing it that the Petitioner's Appeal filed on 14.10.2022, which is pending for more than 2 years before the CIT(A), be decided within a period of 4 to 8 weeks;

b) To issue guidelines for disposal of pending Appeals and prevent harassment caused to the taxpayers;

c) To grant interest and compensatory cost in light of the gross delay of over 2 years in not deciding the appeal filed on 14.10.2022; and/or d) To grant costs of this Petition; and/or Pass such other order(s) as the Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case and in the interest of justice."

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2.

Mr. Sunil Agarwal, learned Senior Standing Counsel has handed over the bench, a roadmap drawn by the National Faceless Appeal Centre (hereafter referred as "NFAC") to dispose of pending appeals to the tune of 5,49,042 appeals, in a time bound manner as per the Central Action Plan 2024-25. The same is taken on record.

3.

This court is cognizant of the large number of statutory appeals pending for disposal before the NFAC and express concern over the delay in disposal of such appeals, for which the NFAC was envisaged. We expect that the NFAC would endeavour to implement the said remedial measures in all earnest.

4.

So far as the present petition is concerned, we note with some concern that the appeal filed on 14.10.2022, is still pending adjudication for more than 2 years before the CIT(A).

5.

We, therefore direct the said appeal filed on 14.10.2022 under efiling acknowledgment no.723125090141022 be taken up for consideration and disposed of with expedition not beyond a period of eight weeks from date.

6.

In view of the aforesaid, the present petition stands disposed of alongwith the pending application.

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