Al Ameen Education Society, Pune V. Income Tax Officer, Exemption, Kolhapur, Kolhapur

ITA 168/PUN/2024

• Counselvise Citation: [2024] 100 COUNSELVISE.COM (IT) 1742 (ITAT-PUNE)
• Duration Of Justice: 4 month(s) 12 day(s)
• Appeal Type: Income Tax Appeal
• Pronouncement Date: 06-06-2024
• Appeal Filed By: Assessee
• Order Result: Allowed
• Bench Allotted: A
• Next Hearing Date: 04-06-2024
• Assessment Year: 2017-2018
• Appeal Filed On: 24-01-2024
• Result in Favour of: Assessee
• Court: TRIBUNAL
• Section: 154; 10B

Judgement Text

IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL PUNE “A” BENCH : PUNE BEFORE SHRI RAMA KANTA PANDA, VICE PRESIDENT AND SHRI SATBEER SINGH GODARA, JUDICIAL MEMBER I.T.A.Nos.167 & 168/PUN./2024 Assessment Years 2016-2017 & 2017-2018 Al Ameen Education Society, 5883, B-Block, Gothan Galli, Miraj. PIN – 416 410. Maharashtra. PAN AAATA8544M vs. The Income Tax Officer, (Exemption), Aayakar Bhavan, 31-C/2, E-Ward, Tara Bai Park, KOLHAPUR – 416 003. Maharashtra. (Appellant) (Respondent) For Assessee : Smt. Deepa Khare For Revenue : Shri Ramnath P. Murkunde Date of Hearing : 05.06.2024 Date of Pronouncement : 07.06.2024 ORDER PER BENCH : These assessee’s twin appeals for assessment years 2016-17 and 2017-18, arise against the National Faceless Appeal Centre [in short the “NFAC”] Delhi’s as many Din and Order Nos.ITBA/NFAC/S/250/2023-24/1058321521(1) and 1057520843(1), dated 29.11.2023 and dated 16.12.2021, involving proceedings u/s. 154 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (in short “the Act”); respectively. Heard both the parties. Case file perused. 2. The assessee in it’s former “lead” appeal ITA.No.167/PUN./2024 pleads the following substantive grounds : 2 ITA.Nos.167 & 168/PUN./2024 1. “The Id CIT(A) erred in law and on facts in confirming assessed income at Rs.74,41,863/-/- without granting deduction u/s.11 of the Income Tax Act. 2. The Ld. CIT(A) erred on facts and in law in confirming Order u/s.154 and accepting the income as per intimation u/s.143(1)(a) of the Act without granting deduction of expenses of Rs.73,62,059/-. 3. The Ld. CIT(A) failed to appreciate that Form 10B was filed, though belatedly and the condonation application of the appellant was pending before CIT-(Exemption). 4. The exemption u/s.11 of the Act ought to have been granted to the appellant. 5. The appellant craves leave to add, alter, modify or substitute any ground of appeal.” 3. Both the parties next invited our attention to the NFAC’s detailed discussion affirming the CPC’s action disallowing the assessee’s sec.11 exemption claim reading as under : 3 ITA.Nos.167 & 168/PUN./2024 4. Both the parties next clarify that as against assessee having filed it’s Form-10B audit report post-facto sec.154 order herein; the very Form regarding the latter assessment year 2017-2018 had been placed on record during 154 proceedings itself. Keeping in mind this fine distinction, it transpires that the learned lower authorities have declined the assessee’s impugned relevant claim on account of the fact that it failed to comply with the mandatory condition of Form-10B filing before CPC in sec.143(1) “processing”. There is hardly any dispute that the assessee had duly filed it’s statutory audit report well with the corresponding returns in these 4 ITA.Nos.167 & 168/PUN./2024 impugned assessment years. Faced with this situation, we quote case law CIT vs. Xavier Kelavani Mandal (P. ) Ltd., [2014] 41 taxmann.com 184 (Guj.); Social Security Scheme of GICEA vs. CIT (E) 147 taxmann.com 283 (Guj.); SMKR Vashi High School vs. ITO (Exemption) 157 taxmann.com 702 (Surat); Gyandeep Charitable Trust vs. ADIT, Ahmedabad ITA.No.55/AHD./2023; Kokan Kala Shikshan Vikaas Sanstha vs. DCIT ITA.No.645/PUN./2021; Sant Bhagwanbaba Shikshan Mandal vs. ITO (Exemption) ITA.No.554/PUN./2021; Shri Jain Shwetamber Murtipujak Sangh vs. ITO (Exemption), Raipur ITA.Nos.15 & 16/RPR./ 2022; Dr. Sukar Jurisdictional Magdum Foundation vs. ITO (Exemption) ITA.No.320/PUN./2023; Mahatma Phule Shikshan Prasarak Mandal vs. DCIT ITA.No.525/PUN./2023; Shri Namiyun Parswanath Jain Swetamber Manidhari Trust vs. ITO (Exemption) 155 taxmann.com 407 (Jabalpur) and Shree Bhairav Seva Samiti vs. ITO (Exemption) 101 ITR (T) 708 (Mum.), to hold that filing of such an audit report is not a mandatory condition which is very much curable by way of seeking sec.154 rectification. We accordingly accept the assessee’s instant identical sole substantive grievance in principle and restore the matter to the jurisdictional Assessing Officer/CPC for necessary factual verification as per law within three effective opportunities of hearing in above terms. Ordered accordingly. 5 ITA.Nos.167 & 168/PUN./2024 5. These assessee’s twin appeals I.T.A.Nos.167 & 168/ PUN./2024 are allowed for statistical purposes in above terms. Order pronounced in the open Court on 07.06.2024. Sd/- Sd/- [RAMA KANTA PANDA] [SATBEER SINGH GODARA] VICE PRESIDENT JUDICIAL MEMBER Pune, Dated 07 th June, 2024 VBP/- Copy to 1. The appellant 2. The respondent 3. The CIT(A), Pune-11, Pune. 4. The Pr. CIT, Pune concerned 5. D.R. ITAT, “A” Bench, Pune. 6. Guard File. //By Order// //True Copy // Sr. Private Secretary, ITAT, Pune Benches, Pune.