Section 234E late fees leviable despite existence of reasonable cause

Government Secondary School Principal Officer Vs ACIT (ITAT Jaipur) The issue under consideration is whether the late filing fees u/s 234E can be deleted if there is a ‘reasonable cause’ for such default? In the present case, the assessee is the Principal of Secondary School and responsible for deducting tax at source, depositing the same to the government account, and submitting quarterly TDS statement as required U/s 200(3) read with the proviso of the said Section. A late fee under section 234E was levied against the Assessee since there is a delay of 315 days in filing the quarterly TD...