The Central Information Commission has directed the Income Tax department to furnish to a complainant investigation report pertaining to a Rs 100 crore tax evasion racket allegedly involving tax officials and the evaders.
NEW DELHI: The Central Information Commission has directed the Income Tax department to furnish to a complainant investigation report pertaining to a Rs 100 crore tax evasion racket allegedly involving tax officials and the evaders.
The Commission while noting that investigations into the alleged Rs 100 crore tax evasions has not been completed even two-and-half years after the complaint was lodged, asked the department to fix a definite time frame for investigating such cases.
The directions were passed on a complaint by one Rakesh Kumar Gupta who alleged that the officials were not providing him information pertaining to a tax evasion petition (TEP) filed by him in which he alleged that over Rs 100 crore tax revenue loss was caused to the Government due to malpractices of the evaders and tax officials.
In 2004, the CVC had also forwarded Gupta's complaint to the department for necessary action. According to Gupta, his requests to the tax officials to furnish him information on the progress of the investigation under the Right To Information Act have not been considered either by the department's Public Information Officer or the appellate authority.
The complainant further stated that he had not been paid the reward money for filing the TEP and instead his name had been disclosed to the tax evaders by the tax officials and therefore apprehended threat to his life.
While acknowledging the receipt of the TEP from the complainant, the I-T officials took the stand before the Commission that certain information sought by Gupta was furnished to him.
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