“Expeditious refunds” required of tax officer
The Bombay High Court in addressing a taxpayer’s writ for mandamus, held that the Assessing Officer is to make a determination about a taxpayer’s request for refund independently and directed the Assessing Officer to consider and process the taxpayer’s representation to process the return and refund request as expeditiously as possible, within a period of eight weeks. Read an October 2016 report [PDF 352 KB ] of KPMG