ACIT, New Delhi V. M/s. IT Enfraservices Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi

ITA 1143/DEL/2017

• Counselvise Citation: [2019] 112 COUNSELVISE.COM (IT) 0629 (ITAT-DELHI)
• Duration Of Justice: 2 year(s) 9 month(s) 19 day(s)
• Appeal Type: Income Tax Appeal
• Pronouncement Date: 18-12-2019
• Appeal Filed By: Department
• Order Result: Dismissed
• Bench Allotted: C
• Assessment Year: 2007-2008
• Appeal Filed On: 28-02-2017
• Result in Favour of: Assessee
• Court: TRIBUNAL
• Department Lawyers: A K SAROHA
• Keywords: Tax effect
• Section: 268A; 13

Judgement Text

IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, DELHI C BEN CH, NEW DELHI BEFORE MS. SUSHMA CHOWLA, JUDICIAL MEMBER, AND SHRI N.K. BILLAIYA, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER ITA NO. 1143/DEL/2017 [A.Y 2007-08] THE A.C.I.T VS. M/S IT ENFRASERVICES PVT LTD CENTRAL CIRCLE - 15 85, GROUND FLOOR, WORLD TRADE CENTER NEW DELHI BARAKHAMBA LANE, NEW DELHI PAN: AABCI 0514 K (APPLICANT) ( RESPONDENT) ASSESSEE BY : NONE DEPARTMENT BY : SHRI A.K. SAROHA, CIT - DR DATE OF HEARING : 18.12.2019 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT : 1 8.12.2019 ORDER PER N.K. BILLAIYA, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER, THIS APPEAL BY THE REVENUE IS PREFERRED AGAINST THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX [APPEALS] - XXVI, NEW DEL HI DATED 29.12.2016 PERTAINING TO ASSESSMENT YEAR 2007-08. 2 2. A PERUSAL OF THE GRIEVANCE OF THE REVENUE SHOWS THAT THE TAX EFFECT WOULD BE LESS THAN RS. 50 LAKHS AND HENCE THE APPEA L HAS TO BE DISMISSED IN THE LIGHT OF THE CBDT CIRCULAR NO. 17/2019 DATED 08.08.2019. 3. THE LD. DR VEHEMENTLY STATED THAT THIS CIRCULAR IN NOT APPLICABLE TO THE EXISTING APPEALS AS IT IS PROSPECTIVE IN NATURE . 4. IN OUR CONSIDERED OPINION, THE LANGUAGE OF THE C IRCULAR 17/2019 DATED 08.08.2019 CLEARLY SHOWS THAT IT HAS REFERRED TO THE EARLIER CIRCULAR 3/2018 AND ITS AMENDMENT DATED 20.08.2018 VIDE WHIC H MONETARY LIMIT FOR FILING OF INCOME TAX APPEALS BY THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE THE ITAT, HON'BLE HIGH COURT, SLP/AND APPEALS BEFORE THE HON' BLE SUPREME COURT HAVE BEEN SPECIFIED. IT WOULD BE PERTINENT TO REFE R TO THE CIRCULAR NO. 17/2019 WHICH READS AS UNDER: CIRCULAR NO. 17/2019 NEW DELHI. 8TH AUGUST 2019 SUBJECT: - FURTHER ENHANCEMENT OF MONETARY LIMITS F OR FILING OF APPEALS BY THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE INCOME T AX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, HIGH COURTS AND SLPS/APPEALS BE FORE 3 SUPREME COURT - AMENDMENT TO CIRCULAR 3 OF 2018 - MEASURES FOR REDUCING LITIGATION.- REFERENCE IS INVITED TO THE CIRCULAR NO.3 OF2018 DA TED 11.07.2018 (THE CIRCULAR) OF CENTRAL BOARD OF DIREC T TAXES (THE BOARD) AND ITS AMENDMENT DATED 20TH AUGUST. 2018 VI DE WHICH MONETARY LIMITS FOR FILING OF INCOME TAX APPEALS BY THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL. HI GH COURTS AND SLPS/APPEALS BEFORE SUPREME COURT HAVE BEEN SPE CIFIED. REPRESENTATION HAS ALSO BEEN RECEIVED THAT AN ANOMA LY IN THE SAID CIRCULAR AT PARA 5 MAY BE REMOVED. 2. AS A STEP TOWARDS FURTHER MANAGEMENT OF LITIGATI ON. IT HAS BEEN DECIDED BY THE BOARD THAT MONETARY LIMITS FOR FILING OF APPEALS IN INCOME-TAX CASES BE ENHANCED FURTHER THR OUGH AMENDMENT IN PARA 3 OF THE CIRCULAR MENTIONED ABOVE AND ACCORDINGLY, THE TABLE FOR MONETARY LIMITS SPECIFIE D IN PARA 3 OF THE CIRCULAR SHALL READ AS FOLLOWS: S.NO. APPEALS/SLPS IN IT MATTERS MONETARY LIMIT (RS.) 1. BEFORE APPELLATE TRIBUNAL 50,00,000/- 2. BEFORE HIGH COURT 1,00.00.000/- 3. BEFORE SUPREME COURT 2.00.00,000/- 4 3. FURTHER, WITH A VIEW TO PROVIDE PARITY IN FIL ING OF APPEALS IN SCENARIOS WHERE SEPARATE ORDER IS PASSED BY HIGHER APPELLATE AUTHORITIES FOR EACH ASSESSMENT YEAR VIS-A-VIS WHER E COMPOSITE ORDER FOR MORE THAN ONE ASSESSMENT YEARS IS PASSED. PARA 5 OF THE CIRCULAR IS SUBSTITUTED BY THE FOLLOWING PARA: '5. THE ASSESSING OFFICER SHALL CALCULATE THE TAX E FFECT SEPARATELY FOR EVERY ASSESSMENT YEAR IN RESPECT OF THE DISPUTED ISSUES IN THE CASE OF EVERY ASSESSEE. IF, IN THE CASE OF AN ASSESSEE, THE DISPUTED ISSUES ARISE IN MORE T HAN ONE ASSESSMENT YEAR, APPEAL CAN BE FILED IN RESPECT OF SUCH ASSESSMENT YEAR OR YEARS IN WHICH THE TAX EFFECT IN RESPECT OF THE DISPUTED ISSUES EXCEEDS THE MONETARY LIMIT S PECIFIED IN PARA 3. NO APPEAL SHALL BE FILED IN RESPECT OF AN A SSESSMENT YEAR OR YEARS IN WHICH THE TAX EFFECT IS LESS THAN THE MONETARY LIMIT SPECIFIED IN PARA 3. FURTHER, EVEN I N THE CASE OF COMPOSITE ORDER OF ANY HIGH COURT OR APPELLATE AUTH ORITY WHICH INVOLVES MORE THAN ONE ASSESSMENT YEAR AND CO MMON ISSUES IN MORE THAN ONE ASSESSMENT YEAR, NO APPEAL SHALL BE FILED IN RESPECT OF AN ASSESSMENT YEAR OR YEARS IN WHICH THE TAX EFFECT IS LESS THAN THE MONETARY LIMIT SPECIFIE D IN PARA 3. IN CASE WHERE A COMPOSITE ORDER/ JUDGEMENT INVOLVES MORE THAN ONE ASSESSEE. EACH ASSESSEE SHALL BE DEALT WIT H SEPARATELY.' 5 4. THE SAID MODIFICATIONS SHALL COME INTO EFFECT FR OM THE DATE OF ISSUE OF THIS CIRCULAR. 5. THE SAME MAY BE BROUGHT TO THE NOTICE OF ALL CON CERNED. 6. THIS ISSUES UNDER SECTION 268A OF THE INCOME-TAX ACT, 1961. 7. HINDI VERSION WILL FOLLOW. 5. AS MENTIONED ELSEWHERE BY CIRCULAR 17/2019, THE CBDT HAS FURTHER ENHANCED THE MONETARY LIMIT FOR FILING OF APPEALS A ND THE SAME IS AMENDMENT TO CIRCULAR 3/2018. WE FIND THAT CLAUSE 13 OF CIRCULAR 3/2018 READS AS UNDER: THE CIRCULAR WILL APPLY TO SLPS/APPEALS/CROSS OBJECTI ONS /REFERENCES TO BE FILED HENCEFORTH IN HON'BLE SUPREM E COURT/TRIBUNAL AND IT SHALL ALSO APPLY RETROSPECTIVELY TO PENDING SLPS/APPEALS/CROSS OBJECTIONS/ REFERENCES. P ENDING APPEALS BELOW THE SPECIFIED TAX LIMITS IN PARA 3 ABOVE MAY BE WITHDRAWN/NOT PRESSED. 6 6. IN LIGHT OF THE ABOVE, WE ARE OF THE CONSIDERED OPINION THAT CIRCULAR NO. 17/2019 SHALL ALSO APPLY RETROSPECTIVELY TO PEN DING APPEALS. IN THAT VIEW OF THE MATTER, THE APPEAL FILED BY THE REVENUE STANDS DISMISSED. 7. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL OF THE REVENUE IN ITA NO. 1143/DEL/2017 IS DISMISSED. THE ORDER IS PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON 18.12. 2019. SD/- SD/- [ SUSHMA CHOWLA ] [N.K. BILLAIYA] JUDICIAL MEMBER ACCOUNTANT MEMBER DATED: 18 TH DECEMBER, 2019 VL/ COPY FORWARDED TO: 1. APPELLANT 2. RESPONDENT 3. CIT 4. CIT(A) 5. DR ASST. REGISTRAR, ITAT, NEW DELHI 7 DATE OF DICTATION DATE ON WHICH THE TYPED DRAFT IS PLACED BEFORE THE DICTATING MEMBER DATE ON WHICH THE TYPED DRAFT IS PLACED BEFORE THE OTHER MEMBER DATE ON WHICH THE APPROVED DRAFT COMES TO THE SR.PS/PS DATE ON WHICH THE FAIR ORDER IS PLACED BEFORE THE DICTATING MEMBER FOR PRONOUNCEMENT DATE ON WHICH THE FAIR ORDER COMES BACK TO THE SR.PS/PS DATE ON WHICH THE FINAL ORDER IS UPLOADED ON THE WEBSITE OF ITAT DATE ON WHICH THE FILE GOES TO THE BENCH CLERK DATE ON WHICH THE FILE GOES TO THE HEAD CLERK THE DATE ON WHICH THE FILE GOES TO THE ASSISTANT REGISTRAR FOR SIGNATURE ON THE ORDER DATE OF DISPATCH OF THE ORDER