JUDGMENT :

Manmohan, J.

C.M.No.25367/2022

Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

Accordingly, the application stands disposed of.

W.P.(C) No.8421/2022 & C.M.No.25366/2022

1. Present Writ Petition has been filed challenging the Notice dated 30th June, 2021 originally issued under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Act’) and all the subsequent proceedings issued by Respondent No. 1 pursuant to the decision of Supreme Court dated 4th May, 2022 under Sections 148 and 148A(b) of the Act for the Assessment Year 2014-15.

2. Learned counsel for the Petitioner states that the impugned notices are illegal and without jurisdiction as the same have been issued without following the mandatory procedure prescribed under Sections 151 and 148A of the Act inasmuch as sanction has not been obtained from the Chief Commissioner of Income Tax.

3. Upon a perusal of the paper book, this Court finds that in accordance with the judgment of the Supreme Court in Union of India & Ors. vs. Ashish Agarwal, 2022 SCC OnLine SC 543, the Assessee has been given liberty to raise all the objections before the Assessing Officer, who, in turn, has been directed to pass an order