Is Late Fee under Sec 234F applicable on Rectification Requests

Prabal Kumar Biswas (Tax Payer) (32 Points)

22 November 2021  

I have filed a Rectification Request for A Y. 2020-21 (as I have put the Home Loan Interest amount of Rs. 2,00,000 in a wrong field in ITR-2 and I did not get the benefit of Home Loan Interest Payment).

Although I have filed the original Return within due date, I am observing that a late fee of Rs.10,000 under Sec 234F is getting added in the Rectification XML automatically. Why is it so? Can anyone clarify? Is it a system error?