Government of India
                                Ministry of Finance
                             Department of Revenue
                           Central Board of Direct Taxes


                                 PRESS RELEASE

                                                     New Delhi, 28th September, 2015


      Sub: Circulation of Fake order for extension of due date for filing of Audit
           report and return of Income for Assessment Year 2015-16-
           regarding


      It has been brought to the notice of the Government that a fake order dated
26th September 2015 supposedly under section 119 of the Income-tax Act 1961
under the signature of one Upmanyu Reddy, Under Secretary to the Government of
India is in circulation. The fake order extends the due date for filing of audit report
under section 119 of the Income-tax Act to 15 October 2015.







      It is clarified the order is fraudulent. The Government has not extended the due
date for filing of returns and audit report due by 30th September 2015. Tax payer
and practitioners are advised not to give any credence to the fraudulent order
purportedly signed by one Upmanyu Reddy.








                                                                   (Shefali Shah)
                                           Pr. Commissioner of Income Tax (OSD)
                                                   Official Spokesperson, CBDT