High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh vide its decision dated 29-09-2015 in case of CWP No.19770 of 2015 give verdict that taking the totality of facts and circumstances of the case, it is considered appropriate to extend the due date for e-filing of returns upto 31st October 2015 for which the CBDT shall issue appropriate notification/instructions under Section 119 of the Act. Accordingly writ petition accepted in favour of petitioner regarding extension of ITR filing due date upto 31-10-2015 . The decision part of order is as under: Para 20 of “20. In view of the above, taking the totality of facts and circumstances of the case, it is considered appropriate to extend the due date for e-filing of returns upto 31st October 2015 for which the CBDT shall issue appropriate notification/instructions under Section 119 of the Act. Direction is also issued to the respondents to ensure that the forms etc. which are to be prescribed for the audit report and for e-filing the returns should ordinarily be made available on the first day of April of the assessment year. The writ petition stands disposed of accordingly.”
