Page No.# 1/4 GAHC010016482026 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : I.A.(Civil)/1844/2026 PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX SHILLONG MEGHALAYA 2: INCOME TAX OFFICER WARD NO. 1 AAYKAR BHAWAN TINSUKIA ASSAM 786171 VERSUS RAM NARAYAN SAH S/O LATE ACHELAL SAH ROHAN TEA ESTATE PENGREE CHARIALI TINSUKIA 786171 DIST.- TINSUKIA ASSAM ------------ Advocate for : MS. M L GOPE Advocate for : MR. O P BHATI appearing for RAM NARAYAN SAH Linked Case : WP(C)/2438/2024 RAM NARAYAN SAH S/O LATE ACHELAL SAH ROHAN TEA ESTATE PENGREE CHARALI TINSUKIA-786171 Page No.# 2/4 DIST- TINSUKIA ASSAM VERSUS THE UNION OF INDIA AND 3 ORS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA NEW DELHI 2:THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT SHILLONG MEGHALAYA 3:THE INCOME TAX OFFICER WARD-1 DIGBOI DIGBOI-786171 DIST- TINSUKIA ASSAM 4:THE INCOME TAX OFFICER WARD-1 AAYKAR BHAWAN BORDOLOI NAGAR TINSUKIA TINSUKIA ASSAM-786125 ------------ Advocate for : MR. O P BHATI Advocate for : DY.S.G.I. appearing for THE UNION OF INDIA AND 3 ORS BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MANISH CHOUDHURY ORDER Date : 17-06-2026 Heard Ms. M.L. Gope, learned Senior Standing Counsel, Income Tax Department for the applicants and Mr. B. Sharma, learned counsel for the sole Page No.# 3/4 opposite party. 2. The instant interlocutory application is preferred to bring on notice an Order dated 10.04.2026 passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in a batch of thousands of appeals including one civil appeal with Diary no. 2196/2026 [Income Tax Officer, Ward 2[1] Chandigarh & others vs. Tej Pratap Singh]. 3. The sole opposite party as the writ petitioner had preferred a writ petition, W.P.[C] no. 2438/2024 assailing the legality and validity of an Order dated 26.03.2024 issued under Section 148A of the Income Tax Act, 1961, as amended, and a Notice dated 26.03.2024 issued under Section 148 of the said Act by the Jurisdiction Assessing officer [JAO]. The assail is made on the ground that the impugned Order dated 26.03.2024 was passed by the JAO contrary to the provisions of Section 151A of the Income Tax Act and as required by the provisions of the said Act. 4. The writ petition came up for consideration on 20.05.2024 and after hearing the parties and taking into consideration the provisions of Section 151A of the Act and the Scheme, E-Assessment of Income Escaping Assessment Scheme, 2022 notified vide a Notification dated 29.03.2022, the Court had observed that the Scheme was for the purpose of assessment, re-assessment and computation under Section 147 and for issuance of notices under Section 148, which were to be carried out through automated allocation and faceless mechanism. The writ petition was disposed of by an Order dated 20.05.2024 with liberty to the Departmental authorities to issue fresh notice so as to enable the petitioner to file their appropriate reply under the provisions of Section 148. Page No.# 4/4 5. The Order dated 10.04.2026 was passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in a batch of thousands of appeal originated from different High Courts. The Hon’ble Supreme Court after considering the provisions of the Scheme and the related provisions regarding automated allocations and faceless mechanism had observed that since the High Court had primarily quashed the reassessment notice on the ground that the JAOs lacked the competence to initiate such proceedings and the foundation of that view stood altered by amending Legislation, i.e. the Act no. 4 of 2026, the impugned judgments delivered in favour of the assesses were set aside on such limited ground and the matters were remitted to the respective High Courts for fresh consideration. 6. In paragraph 3 of the application, it is averred that against the Judgment and Order dated 20.05.2024 passed in W.P.[C] no. 2438/2024, the Department had preferred an appeal before the Hon’ble Supreme Court and the same was registered as Diary no. 34788/2025 [Union of India vs. Ram Narayan Sah] and the said Diary no. was one of the thousands of appeals wherein the Order dated 10.04.2026 was passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court. 7. In view of such obtaining fact situation, it is observed that the Judgment and Order dated 20.05.2024 passed in W.P.[C] no. 2438/2024 has been set aside by the Order dated 10.04.2026. Consequently, the interlocutory application stands allowed. As a result, the writ petition, W.P.[C] no. 2438/2024 is to be restored in its original number on record. JUDGE Comparing Assistant