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Posted on 07 November 2026
Procedure for a Sec 264 revision application:
• Who decides: the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner (PCIT/CIT) having jurisdiction.
• Time limit: within 1 year of the date the order was communicated (or of the date you came to know of it). Delay can be condoned if the PCIT is satisfied there was sufficient cause.
• How to file: file it online on the e-filing portal (Services → "Application under Section 264"), or physically with the PCIT's office. Pay a fee of Rs 500 and attach the order, the grounds and evidence.
• Conditions: no appeal should be pending before the CIT(A) or ITAT against that order, and the time for appeal must have expired (or you waived the right to appeal). The order can be revised only in your favour or to correct an error, not to your prejudice.
• It's useful where a 143(1) intimation wrongly disallowed a claim, or an appeal time has lapsed.