MUNISH DABAS v. CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES & ANR.
W.P.(C)/1333/2025 · 2025-03-18
Tejas Karia, Vibhu Bakhru
Writ Petition (Civil)body2025
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$~1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 1333/2025 and CM APPL. 6533/2025 MUNISH DABAS .....Petitioner Through: Mr Kaushl Jeet Kait, Advocate. versus CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES & ANR.....Respondents Through: Mr Vipul Agrawal with Ms Sakashi Shairwal and Mr Akshat Singh, Advocates.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIBHU BAKHRU HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA O R D E R % 18.03.2025
1. The petitioner has filed the present petition, inter alia, praying as under:
“A. Issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ,
order, or direction in the nature thereof, directing the Respondents to forthwith process and sanction the final reward to the Petitioner as per the Income Tax Reward Policy and in accordance with law. B. Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ,
order or directions directing the Respondent to expeditiously decide on the pending representation of the Petitioner dated 06.10.2024 within a time-bound manner; C. Award costs of the present petition in favor of the Petitioner.”
2. It is the petitioner’s case that he furnished information to the Income Tax Department which had led to search and seizure operations. The same had resulted in unearthing undisclosed income to the extent of This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 24/03/2025 at 14:39:28
₹9,15,00,000/-. The petitioner seeks the reward as due in terms of the reward policy. The learned counsel appearing for the Revenue submits that there are three stages for processing a case for a reward. Two of the stages (referred to as Part A and Part B) of the process are already over in this case. The third stage (Part C) which relates to consideration by the internal audit committee is pending. He submits that it is expected that the said stage would be completed shortly.
3. In view of the above, no further directions are required to be passed in this petition. The respondent would communicate the outcome of the process to the petitioner as soon as the same is completed.
VIBHU BAKHRU, J TEJAS KARIA, J MARCH 18, 2025/tr Click here to check corrigendum, if any This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 24/03/2025 at 14:39:28