Failure to issue section 143(2) notice prior to finalising reassessment order makes reassessment proceedings a nullity

ACIT Vs P & R Infraprojects Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) A perusal of the assessment order as well as the order of the CIT(A) shows that no notice u/s 143(2) was ever issued to the assessee before completing the assessment u/s 143(3)/147. It is the submission of the ld. Counsel that it is mandatory to issue notice u/s 143(2) even in reassessment proceedings and non-issuance of the same makes the assessment order illegal and null. Coordinate Bench of the Tribunal in the case of M/s New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (supra) while dealing with non-issuance of notice u/s 143(2) of the Act in a r...