HC stays Faceless Assessment order passed without personal hearing despite request for same

Axis Wind Farms (Anantapur) Private Limited Vs Union of India (Telangana High Court) Petitioner contends that the impugned Assessment Order has been passed by 2nd respondent for the Assessment Year 2018-19 without providing a personal hearing to the petitioner and without considering the documentary evidence provided by petitioner. Sri B.Narasimha Sarma, learned Special Senior Counsel for Central Taxes seeks time to get instructions and file counter. Prima facie the allegation made by petitioner appears to be true because in spite of specific request for personal hearing, the 2nd respondent ha...