J&K GOVT TO RAISE PENSION OF SPECIALLY-ABLED TO ₹3K FROM ₹1K: SAKINA ITOO

The income tax department has served a notice to senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and Jammu & Kashmir MLA Waheed Para to submit his books of accounts, officials said on Sunday.

- Press Trust of India

SRINAGAR:

Though, according to the notice, Para was scheduled to appear before the Income Tax authorities on December 20, he received the intimation on the same day. While the PDP leader—the MLA from Pulwama in south Kashmir—was not available for comment, his close aides said his representative would appear at the Income Tax office on Monday.

Para was served a notice under Section 131(1A) of the Income Tax Act that empowers a tax officer to seek information from taxpayers, even when no formal proceedings are pending.

The provision also allows the tax authorities to seek books of accounts and financial documents to be brought by the noticee or be sent through their authorised representative, as the case may be.