Circular No. 589-Income tax 1. Reference is invited to Board’s Circular No. 530 [F. No. 404/82/88-ITCC], dated March 6, 1989 regarding the above-mentioned subject. 2. According to paragraph 2 of the said Circular, the Assessing Officer is, in the two situations referred to in that paragraph, bound to treat the assessee as not in default in respect of the amount in dispute in appeal. In respect of other cases, the Circular stated in paragraph 4—
