The Gujarat High Court today allowed a man to file his income tax return (ITR) manually instead of doing it online which requires linkage to Aadhaar card, and directed the I-T department to accept the same.
The ruling by a division bench of Justices M R Shah and A Y Kogje came on a petition filed by K R Koshti. The last date to file the ITR for fiscal 2017-18 is August 31, 2018.
As per rules, the ITR has to be uploaded on the I-T department's web portal only after linking it to the 12-digit unique identity number (Aadhaar) of the assessee.
In his petition, Koshti had sought the HC's direction to the department to accept his ITR for the assessment year 2018-19 "without insisting on quoting the Aadhaar card number or application for Aadhaar enrolment."
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