Tax Audit Date Extension- Status of High Courts Appealsupdated till 21.09.2015

Tax Audit Date Extension- Status of High Courts Appeals- updated till 21.09.2015

In this article we have summarised the status of Writ Petition filed against non extension of Due date of Tax Audit and return filing for cases covered under Tax Audit Provisions, filed in various High

Courts All over India. Till Date as per our information Writs been filed in Gujarat, Delhi and in Punjab & Haryana High Court, while writ in Nagpur and Rajasthan is expected to be filed in a day or two.
Detailed Status of various writs filed in High Courts  is as under-

All Gujarat Federation of Tax Consultants vs. CBDT (Gujarat High Court), SPL.C.A. No. 14727 of 2015 , Dated-15.09.2015
21.09.2015	Hon’ble High Court admits writ application and issued notice to CBDT. Hearing fixed to 24th Sept 2015.
15.09.2015	Date of Hearing Fixed for Monday i.e. 21st September 2015.
Vishal Garg & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Anr. (Punjab & Haryana High Court) CWP- 19770 -2015, Dated- 15.09.2015
21.09.2015	HC directed the department counsel to Seek instructions from the CBDT for extension of date. Matter now fixed for 24th Sept. 2015.
17.09.2015	Punjab and Haryana High Court Chandigarh has accepted the Writ Petition for seeking extension of date and issued notice to CBDT. Next hearing on 21st September, 2015.- TAR/ITR Due Date – Punjab High Court accepts writ
15.09.2015	Hearing for the same is fixed for Thursday i.e 17th September 2015. It is also come to our knowledge that Soon Trade Bodies and Chartered Accountants from Nagpur and Rajasthan may also file the writ petition in their Jurisdictional High Court
ICAI President Letter to Finance Minister
14.09.2015	ICAI President requested Finance Minister Arun Jaitly for Due Date Extension- Read- ICAI requests FM to extend Due date of ITR & Tax Audit Report
Avinash Gupta and Ors V/s Union of India and Ors (Delhi High Court) , WP(C.) of 8771 of 2015
10.09.2015	CA Avinash Gupta and Tax Research Foundation, Delhi has filed a Writ petition in Delhi High Court on 10.09.2015, seeking Extension of due date of Tax Audit Report required to be filed Under Section 44AB of the Income Tax Act,1961 for Assessment Year 2015-16. Writ is likely to be listed in Court Room No. 09 on coming Monday i.e. on 14th day of September, 2015.
14.09.2015	Delhi High Court has not accepted the Writ and said that the  issue involved partakes the character of Public interest and Appellant should have filed Public Interest Litigation (PIL) instead of Writ Petition. High Court has allowed assessee to file PIL. Read- Delhi HC dismisses ITR/TAR Due Date Extension Appeal
15.09.2015	Uncertainty on Filing of PIL considering the rules related to filing of PIL.
CBDT Press Release
09.09.2015	CBDT issued a press release and informed that there will be No extension of Tax Audit Due date for AY 2015-16.
ICAI Letter to CBDT
10.07.2015	ICAI request extension of due date of Income Tax Return Filing for A.Y. 2015-16