Friends, I just checked with the IT Gurgaon Call centre. They advised that if we are a one time deductor of TDS, (say buying a property) and since we have PAN numbers and dont have TAN numbers, we need to pay the fees u/s 234E by using Challan 280 and not 281.
281 is only for insitituituions / offices who have TAN number, whereas retail / deductors who only have PAN numbers are to use Challan 280.
Can anyone re confirm this...