Siddharth Jhajharia v. The Assistant Commissioner Of Income Tax, Circle 34 Kolkata (Jao) And ORS

01.05.2025 sb Ct 5

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE WPA 6501 of 2025 Siddharth Jhajharia

Versus

The Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, Circle 34 Kolkata (JAO) & Ors.

Mr. Aman Agarwal Mr. Debayan Sen Ms. Mahima Cholega ... For the petitioner.

Mr. Soumen Bhattacharjee ... For the Income Tax Authorities Mr. Sankar Sarkar Mr. Piyas Choudhury ... For Union of India.

1. Affidavit of service filed in Court today is taken on record.

2. The petitioner is aggrieved by the failure on the part of the income tax authorities to decide the petitioner's applications under Section 154 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, in respect of the assessment years 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24, forming Annexures P-5, P-6 and P-7 respectively to the instant petitioner.

3. Having heard the learned advocates appearing for the respective parties and noting that the aforesaid applications are pending, I am of the view that the concerned respondent should take appropriate steps for disposal of the aforesaid applications all

dated 28th February, 2025, which had been received by the department on 3rd March, 2025, as expeditiously as possible, but not later than 10th of June, 2025.

4. Since no affidavit-in-opposition has been called for, the allegation made in the writ petition are deemed not to have been admitted by the respondents.

5. With the above observations and directions, the writ petition stands disposed of.

Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be made available to the parties upon compliance with the requisite formalities.

(Raja Basu Chowdhury, J.)