Civil Writ Petition No.3894 of 2011 -1- **** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.3894 of 2011 Date of decision: 7.4.2011 The Amritsar Improvement Trust, Amritsar ...Petitioner Versus Assistant Commissioner of Income-Tax, Circle V, Amritsar and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr. Rohit Sood, Advocate for the petitioner ADARSH KUMAR GOEL, J. Only contention raised in this petition is that pending consideration of stay application by the CIT(A), the recovery of assessed tax may not be enforced from the petitioner, who is a statutory authority. Reliance has been placed on order of this Court dated 8.2.2011 in C.W.P. No.13613 of 2009 The Amritsar Improvement Trust Vs. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax & others filed by the petitioner itself. In view of above, without expressing any opinion on merits, we direct that demand of tax raised against the petitioner may not be enforced till the decision of the stay application by the CIT(A). The draft already given by the petitioner towards the Civil Writ Petition No.3894 of 2011 -2- **** disputed tax amount may be returned to the petitioner and its account may be defreezed. The CIT(A) may expedite decision on the stay application. The petition is disposed of accordingly. (Adarsh Kumar Goel) Judge April 07, 2011 (Ajay Kumar Mittal) Pka Judge