Commissioner of Income Tax, Kanpur Vs. Society for the Promotion of Education, Allahabad [16/02/16]

[Civil Appeal No. 1478 of 2016 @ Special Leave Petition (C) No. 9705 of 2009]. There is no appearance on behalf of the sole respondent despite service of notice and adjournment sought for on a couple of occasions earlier. The short issue is with regard to the deemed registration of an application under Section 12AA of the Income Tax Act. The High Court has taken the view that once an application is made under the said provision and in case the same is not responded to within six months, it would be taken that the application is registered under the provision. The learned Additional Solicitor General appearing for the appellants, has raised an apprehension that in the case of the respondent, since the date of application was of 24.02.2003, at the worst, the same would operate only after six months from the date of the application.