Legal heir is obliged to attend the hearing only when 148 notice r. W. S 159 is issued within prescribed time limit.. Else no obligation to attend the hearing
how dept will come to know whether assessee is alive or not. it is the responsibility of LR of the assessee to inform the fact. untill the PAN is not deleted from the record, all the information or transactions done on PAN will reflect in dept's database
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