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Faceless Assessment Scheme metadata [turnaround time, allocation logic] is disclosable; individual officer names are protected.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Faceless assessment records — Delhi HC 2024,Delhi High Court RTI,RTI §8,faceless assessment,CBDT,section 8(1)(j),section 144B,officer anonymity)&metatag-description=(Faceless Assessment Scheme metadata [turnaround time, allocation logic] is disclosable; individual officer names are protected.)}}
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 +====== Faceless assessment records — Delhi HC 2024 ======
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 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Delhi High Court** · 2024-04-18 · 2024 SCC OnLine Del 2211
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 +**Faceless Assessment Scheme metadata [turnaround time, allocation logic] is disclosable; individual officer names are protected.**
 +
 +//System-level tax-assessment transparency is compatible with officer anonymity.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Delhi High Court |
 +^ Decided | 2024-04-18 |
 +^ Citation | 2024 SCC OnLine Del 2211 |
 +^ Bench | Y, a, s, h, w, a, n, t,  , V, a, r, m, a,  , J |
 +^ Petitioner | Ashok Jain |
 +^ Respondent | CPIO, CBDT |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §8(1)(j), §8(2) |
 +^ Outcome | partly allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Faceless Assessment Scheme metadata (turnaround time, allocation logic) is disclosable; individual officer names are protected.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +The Faceless Assessment Scheme under §144B of the Income-tax Act depends on officer anonymity to function. Scheme-level aggregate data — pendency, turnaround, geographical load — is disclosable under §4(1)(b). Individual allocation of a particular case to a particular officer is protected by §8(1)(j) read with the scheme's statutory anonymity.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +faceless assessment, CBDT, section 8(1)(j), section 144B, officer anonymity
 +
 +===== Similar cases in the corpus =====
 +
 +//These rulings have the closest editorial ratio to this case — computed by tf-idf cosine similarity over ratio, keywords and Act sections. Useful starting points if you are researching the same point of law.//
 +
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-income-tax-assessment-own-2022|Own income-tax assessment order — CIC]] (CIC 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-property-tax-assessment-2020|Property-tax assessment records — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/cat-rti-service-matters-2024|CAT Principal Bench on service-record RTI — 2024]] (CAT 2024)
 +  * [[/cases/khanapuram-gandaiah-2010-sc|Khanapuram Gandaiah v. Administrative Officer]] (SC 2010)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-service-appraisal-own-access-2022|Own APAR and service-book access]] (SC 2022)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=HC-DEL|All Delhi High Court rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=8|All RTI cases turning on §8]]
 +  * [[:cases:search|Full case-law search]]
 +  * [[:cases|Case-Law Database — overview]]
 +  * [[:pio-rti-reply-guide|PIO RTI Reply Guide]]
 +  * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated]]
 +  * [[https://indiankanoon.org/doc/placeholder-hc-del-faceless-2024/|External reported text →]]
 +
 +<WRAP center round alert 95%>
 +**Editorial summary, not a certified report.** The ratio here is an editorial compression. Before citing this ruling in a PIO order, FAA speaking order, or any appellate filing, **verify against the full reported decision**. RTI Wiki is not a legal service.
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 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
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 +{{tag>case-law court-hc-del section-8}}