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After computing the TDS, the recoveries would be made from the department as per I-T rules.” She added that the irrigation department would be issued a notice of recovery after the internal probe is completed.Sources said that the irrigation department had a TDS demand of Rs 1.5 crore which was not paid. “In order to get away with the TDS demand of Rs 1.5 crore, the irrigation department filed new entries to bring the TDS demand to nil,” an I-T official said.Among other state government department under the IT scanner for the TDS default include, PWD, education, tourism and others which have been issued notice last month for not conforming to the IT norms. Dehradun: The income tax (I-T) department in the city has found out a huge financial discrepancy allegedly committed by the state irrigation department in the tax on deduction at source (TDS) entries of the payments made to contractors in Kashipur region in the past five years.Assistant commissioner I-T, (TDS division) Amandeep Kaur told TOI that the irrigation department’s TDS records are being sifted to find out the financial implication of the matter.Kaur said, “The TSD entries of the Kashipur division are being scrutinized to know the exact TDS deductions made in over five years..