DY. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, CIRCLE-1, DHANBAD., DHANBAD V. NEW SATNAM TRASPORT CO., DHANBAD

ITA 11/RAN/2025

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The case involves an appeal by the Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax, Circle-1, Dhanbad against New Satman Transport Company concerning the assessment year 2021-22. The primary issue was the disallowance of coal transportation charges amounting to approximately .02 crores, of which .04 crores were initially disallowed due to non-response from some parties to notices under Section 133(6) of the Income Tax Act. The CIT(A) had reversed the disallowance, a decision contested by the revenue in this appeal. The Tribunal examined the submissions and evidence, including TDS deductions and banking transactions, and found no grounds to overturn the CIT(A)'s decision.

• Counselvise Citation: [2026] 140 COUNSELVISE.COM (IT) 827843 (ITAT-RANCHI)
• Duration Of Justice: 11 month(s) 25 day(s)
• Appeal Type: Income Tax Appeal
• Pronouncement Date: 05-01-2026
• Appeal Filed By: Department
• Order Result: Dismissed
• Bench Allotted: DB
• Assessment Year: 2021-2022
• Appeal Filed On: 10-01-2025
• Result in Favour of: Assessee
• Court: TRIBUNAL
• Keywords: TDS
• Section: 133(6)

Judgement Text

"IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, RANCHI BENCH, RANCHI BEFORE SHRI GEORGE MATHAN, JUDICIAL MEMBER AND SHRI RATNESH NANDAN SAHAY, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER ITA No. 11/Ran/2025 (Assessment Year: 2021-22) D.C.I.T., Circle-1, Dhanbad. Vs. New Satman Transport Company, Matkuria, Dhanbad-826001. PAN No. AAGFN 7540 N Appellant/ Revenue Respondent/ Assessee Assessee represented by None Department represented by Shri R.C. Marndi, Sr.DR Date of hearing 05/01/2026 Date of pronouncement 05/01/2026 O R D E R PER: BENCH 1. This is an appeal filed by the revenue against the order of the ld. CIT(A), NFAC, Delhi in Appeal No. NFAC/2020-21/10215105 dated 22/11/2024 for the A.Y. 2021-22. 2. Shri R.C. Marndi, ld. Sr.-DR is represented on behalf of the revenue. The assessee has filed a letter stating that he has not received the grounds of appeal filed by the revenue. A perusal of the grounds filed by the revenue shows that the grounds have been sent by e-mail to the e-mail address provided by the assessee. Even the mobile number is specifically recorded in the Form-36. At the time of hearing, the ld. Sr.DR submitted that the assessee has not produced the copy of the contract with the truck owners. It was a submission that even the PAN details are not provided by the assessee. It was a submission that the order of the ld. CIT(A) is liable to be reversed. It Printed from counselvise.com ITA No. 11/Ran/2025 DCIT Vs New Satnam Transport Co. 2 was a submission that this was a case of disallowance of the transport charges paid being coal transportation charges. It was a submission that the coal transportation charges claimed by the assessee during the impugned assessment year was nearly ₹ 16.02 crores out of which notices under Section 133(6) had been issued to the some of the parties and as they had not responded to the same, an amount of ₹ 2.04 crores had been disallowed. It was a submission that the order of the ld. CIT(A) is liable to be reversed and that of the Assessing Officer restored. 3. We have considered the submissions. We have also perused the order of the ld. CIT(A). The facts in the present case clearly show that the ld. CIT(A) had taken into consideration the fact that the TDS had been deducted in respect of the payments to the truck owners. TDS cannot be deducted unless the PAN of the truck owners are available. The ld. CIT(A) has also considered the fact that the payments have been made through banking channels and the transactions tallied with the ledger accounts. It is also noticed that the ld. CIT(A) has taken into consideration the fact that the TDS returns have also been filed. The ld. CIT(A) has also considered the fact that there are no agreements with the truck owners and the tippers and payloaders were hired from the market. It is also noticed that the ld. CIT(A) has considered the fact that the trucks were operating inside the mining area. After considering all these evidences, the ld. CIT(A) has deleted the addition. The revenue has not been able to dislodge any of the findings of fact as recorded by the ld. CIT(A). Consequently, we find that the order of the ld. CIT(A) is on the basis Printed from counselvise.com ITA No. 11/Ran/2025 DCIT Vs New Satnam Transport Co. 3 of the evidences and after considering the said evidences, this being so, the findings of the ld. CIT(A) on this issue stands confirmed. The revenue has also raised another ground in ground No. 5 in regard to cash payment to Tirath Singh Capital account. A perusal of the order of the ld. CIT(A) shows that such an issue does not exist in the order of the ld. CIT(A). This being so, this issue is not being adjudicated. 4. In the result, this appeal of the revenue is dismissed. Order announced in open court on 05/01/2026 Sd/- Sd/- (RATNESH NANDAN SAHAY) (GEORGE MATHAN) ACCOUNTANT MEMBER JUDICIAL MEMBER Ranchi, Dated: 05/01/2026 *Ranjan Copy to: 1. Assessee 2. Revenue 3. CIT 4. DR By order 5. Guard File Sr. Private Secretary, ITAT, Ranchi Printed from counselvise.com "