1. This is an application u/s 256(2) of the income tax Act, 1961 (''the Act''), by the department. The Tribunal by its order dated 27-11-1973, set
aside the penalty of rupees one lakh which was imposed on the assessee in respect of the assessment year 1963-64, on the ground that the
assessment itself had been set aside by the AAC. The learned counsel for the applicant submits that the Tribunal instead of deciding the appeal
against penalty should have adjourned it and heard it along with the appeal of the department against the order of the AAC setting aside the
assessment. This question was not raised before the Tribunal at the time when the appeal against the penalty was heard. The question cannot,
therefore, be said to arise out of the Tribunal''s order.
2. The application is dismissed, but without any order as to costs.