M/s. Veepee Plastics Pvt.Ltd, Pune V. Income-tax Officer, Ward - 13(5), Pune

ITA 1200/PUN/2018

• Counselvise Citation: [2019] 118 COUNSELVISE.COM (IT) 4908 (ITAT-PUNE)
• Duration Of Justice: 7 month(s) 2 day(s)
• Appeal Type: Income Tax Appeal
• Pronouncement Date: 08-02-2019
• Appeal Filed By: Assessee
• Order Result: Allowed
• Bench Allotted: SMC
• Assessment Year: 2013-2014
• Appeal Filed On: 06-07-2018
• Result in Favour of: Assessee
• Court: TRIBUNAL

Judgement Text

- IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL PUNE BENCH SMC , PUNE , BEFORE MS. SUSHMA CHOWLA, JM . / ITA NO. 1200 /P U N/201 8 / ASSESS MENT YEAR : 20 1 3 - 1 4 M/S. VEEPEE PLASTICS PVT. LTD., 3/13, VASWANI KUNJ, SADHU VASWANI ROAD, PUNE 411001 . / APPELLANT PAN: A A ACV6271B VS. THE INCOME TAX OFFICER , WARD 13 ( 5 ) , PUNE . / RESPONDENT / APPELLANT BY : SHRI P.D. KUDVA / RESPONDENT BY : S HRI RAJESH GAWALI / DATE OF HEARING : 1 4 . 0 1 .201 9 / DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT: 08 . 0 2 .201 9 / ORDER PER SUSHMA CHOWLA, J M : TH E APPEAL FIL ED BY ASSESSEE IS AGAINST THE ORDER OF CIT (A) , PUNE - 5 , PUNE, DATED 24 . 0 4 .20 1 8 RELATING TO ASSESSMENT YEAR 20 1 3 - 1 4 AGAINST ORDER PASSED UNDER SECTION 14 3(3) OF THE INCOME - TAX ACT , 1961 (IN SHORT THE ACT) . 2. THE ASSESSEE HAS RAISED THE FOLLOWING GROUNDS OF APPEAL : - ON THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE AND IN LAW, 1 . THE HON. CIT(A) ERRED IN CONCLUDING THAT THE APPELLANT WAS NOT KEEN IN PROSECUTING THE APPEAL BEFORE HER. THE APPELLANT SUBMITS THAT HIS REPRESENTATIVE WAS PRESENT BEFORE THE CIT(A) ON THE DATES OF HEARING AND ITA NO. 1200 /P U N/20 1 8 2 HAD ALSO MADE ORAL SUBMISSIONS AND HAD MERELY SOUGHT TIME TO FILE WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS IN VIEW OF PRESSURE OF WORK. THE APPELLANT PLEADS THAT THE CIT(A) ERRED IN RELYING ON CASE LAW NOT APPLICABLE TO THE FACTS OF THE APPELLANTS CASE AN D IN DISMISSING THE APPEAL EX - PARTE. IT IS PRAYED THAT THE APPEAL FILED BEFORE THE CIT(A) BE RESTORED AND BE DIRECTED TO BE HEARD BY THE CIT(A) IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW. 2 . WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE ABOVE, THE APPELLANT PRAYS THAT THE CIT(A) OUGHT TO HAVE CONSI DERED INDIVIDUAL GROUNDS OF APPEAL ON MERITS AND ALLOWED RELIEF DUE AS PER LAW. 3 . THE APPELLANT PLEADS THAT THE HON. I.T.A.T. DISPOSE OF THE APPEAL ON MERITS BY CONSIDERING INDIVIDUAL GROUNDS OF APPEAL FILED BEFORE THE CIT(A) AS UNDER - 3.1 THE AO ERRED IN DISALLOWING CLAIM FOR INDEXED COST OF IMPROVEMENT RS . 40,98,146 INCURRED TOWARDS ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS AND MSEB DEPOSITS ON GROUNDS THAT EVIDENCE IN THE FORM OF BILLS WERE NOT PRODUCED. THE APPELLANT PLEADS THAT ITS CLAIM WAS SUPPORTED BY SUFFICIENT DOCU MENTARY EVIDENCE AND THAT THE DISALLOWANCE MADE BY THE AO IS NOT JUSTIFIED. 3 . 2 WITHOUT PREJUDICE, THE AO OUGHT TO HAVE CONSIDERED THE CARRIED FORWARD LOSS OF AY 2012 - 13 AND SET OFF THE SAME WHILE COMPUTING TOTAL INCOME. THE APPELLANT PLEADS FOR DIRECTIONS TO SET OFF THE SAID LOSS IN COMPUTING TOTAL INCOME FOR THE YEAR. THE APPELLANT PLEADS THAT THE ACTION OF THE AO IS NOT AS PER PROVISIONS OF LAW AND IS INVALID. 3 . THE ASSESSEE IS AGGRIEVED BY THE ORDER OF CIT(A) IN DISMISSING THE APPEAL OF ASSESSEE IN LIMI NE BY APPLYING THE RATIO LAID DOWN BY THE DELHI BENCH OF TRIBUNAL IN CIT VS. M/S. MULTIPLAN INDIA PVT. LTD. (1991) 38 ITD 320 (DEL) AND THE HON'BLE SUPREME COURT IN CIT VS. B.N. BHATTACHARJEE & ANR. (1979) 10 CTR 354 : (1979) 118 ITR 461 (SC) AND NOT DECID ING THE ISSUE ON MERITS. 4 . I FIND MERIT IN THE PLEA RAISED BY THE ASSESSEE WHERE THE CIT(A) HAS DECIDED THE ISSUE EX - PARTE THE ASSESSEE . ON PERUSAL OF ORDER OF CIT(A), IT IS APPARENT THAT THE APPEAL OF ASSESSEE WAS DISMISSED FOR NON APPEARANCE BUT THE C IT(A) HAS FAILED TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE ON MERITS AND HAS DISMISSED THE APPEAL IN LIMINE APPLYING THE RATIO LAID DOWN IN CIT VS. M/S. MULTIPLAN INDIA PVT. LTD. (SUPRA) AND CIT VS. B.N. BHATTACHARJEE & ANR. (SUPRA) . ITA NO. 1200 /P U N/20 1 8 3 5 . UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT, IT IS INCUMBENT UPON THE CIT(A) TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE RAISED AND IN THE ABSENCE OF THE SAME, ORDER OF CIT(A) SUFFERS FROM INFIRMITY. ACCORDINGLY, I SET ASIDE THE ORDER OF CIT(A) AND REMIT THE ISSUE BACK TO THE FILE OF CIT(A), WHO SHALL DECIDE THE ISSUE RAISED ON MERITS AFTER AFFORDING REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY OF HEARING. THE ASSESSEE IS ALSO DIRECTED TO APPEAR BEFORE THE CIT(A) AND FURNISH THE REQUISITE DETAILS AND EVIDENCES , IF ANY . THE ISSUE IS NOT BEING ADDRESSED ON MERITS AS THE MATTER IS BEING SET ASIDE TO T HE FILE OF CIT(A). THE ADDITIONAL GROUND OF APPEAL RAISED BY ASSESSEE IS THUS, ALLOWED FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES. 6 . IN THE RESULT, APPEAL OF ASSESSEE IS ALLOWED FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES. ORDER PRONOUNCED ON THIS 8 TH DAY OF FEBRU ARY , 201 9 . SD/ - (SUSHMA CHOWLA) / JUDICIAL MEMBER / PUNE ; DATED : 8 TH FEBR UARY , 201 9 . GCVSR / COPY OF THE ORDER IS FORWARDED TO : 1. / THE APPELLANT ; 2. / THE RESPONDENT; 3. ( ) / THE CIT(A) , PUNE - 5, PUNE ; 4. THE PR. CIT - 4 , PUNE ; 5. 6. , , , - / DR SMC , ITAT, PUNE; / GUARD FILE . / BY ORDER , // TRUE COPY // / SR. PRIVATE SECRETARY , / ITAT, PUNE