Advocates:
['AJAY SINGH', '', 'RAMANUJ TIWARI', 'A S G I', '', 'GAURAV MAHAJAN']

Court No. - 3

Case :- WRIT TAX No. - 352 of 2021

Petitioner :- The High Court Bar Association Allahabad

Respondent :- Union Of India And 5 Others

Counsel for Petitioner :- Ajay Singh,Ramanuj Tiwari

Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,Gaurav Mahajan

Hon'ble Naheed Ara Moonis,J.

Hon'ble Saumitra Dayal Singh,J.

Heard Sri Rakesh Ranjan Agrawal, Sri Amrendra Nath Singh,

learned Senior Advocates with Sri Prabha Shankar Mishra, Sri

Vinay Kumar Tiwari, Sri Anil Pathak, Sri Ramanuj Tiwari, Sri

Amitabh Agrawal and Sri Ajit Kumar, learned Advocates, for

the petitioner; Sri Gaurav Mahajan learned counsel for the

revenue and Sri Krishna Agarwal, learned counsel for the union

of India.

The present petition has been filed by the High Court Bar

Association, Allahabad to quash the assessment order dated

24.12.2019 passed by the Income Tax Officer-1 (5), Allahabad

assessing the petitioner society to tax for the assessment year

2017-18 under the provisions of Section 144 of The Income Tax

Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred as to the 'Act').

The writ petition appears to have been filed in June, 2021 i.e.

with laches of more than one and a half year. At the fresh stage

itself, affidavits have been e