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Own income-tax assessment order — CIC
Central Information Commission · 2022-01-01 · Citation awaited
Taxpayer's own assessment file fully accessible under RTI; §8(1)(j) does not apply to data subject.
Case details
| Court | Central Information Commission |
|---|---|
| Decided | 2022-01-01 |
| Citation | Citation awaited |
| Petitioner | Taxpayer |
| Respondent | Income Tax Department |
| RTI Act sections | §7, §8 |
| Outcome | Applicant allowed |
Outcome
Taxpayer is entitled to his own assessment order, scrutiny notices and correspondence under RTI.
Ratio decidendi
A taxpayer is entitled to his own assessment order, scrutiny notices, correspondence and representation record under RTI. The IT portal provides most of this routinely; RTI is the statutory route for older / non-portal records. §8(1)(j) cannot be invoked against the data subject.
Keywords
income tax, own assessment, CIC
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