DCIT, Chandigarh V. Sh. Birbhan Goyal, Panchkula

ITA 203/CHANDI/2013

• Counselvise Citation: [2016] 132 COUNSELVISE.COM (IT) 9812 (ITAT-CHANDIGARH)
• Duration Of Justice: 3 year(s) 4 month(s) 17 day(s)
• Appeal Type: Income Tax Appeal
• Pronouncement Date: 07-07-2016
• Appeal Filed By: Department
• Order Result: Dismissed
• Bench Allotted: B
• Next Hearing Date: 15-02-2016
• Assessment Year: 2006-2007
• Appeal Filed On: 19-02-2013
• Result in Favour of: Assessee
• Court: TRIBUNAL
• Keywords: Tax effect

Judgement Text

IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL SMC BENCH,CHANDIGARH BEFORE SHRI BHAVNESH SAINI, JUDICIAL MEMBER AND SMT. ANNAPURNA GUPTA, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER ITA NO. 203/CHD/2013 ASSESSMENT YEAR: 2006-07 THE DCIT, VS SHRI BIRBHAN GOYAL, CENTRAL CIRCLE-II, HOUSE NO. 52, CHANDIGARH. SECTOR 9, PANCHKULA PAN: AAFPG9158E (APPELLANT) (RESPONDENT) APPELLANT BY : SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR RESPONDENT BY : SHRI TEJ MOHAN SINGH DATE OF HEARING : 07.07.2016 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT : 07.07.2016 O R D E R PER BHAVNESH SAINI, JM THIS APPEAL BY REVENUE HAS BEEN DIRECTED AGAINST T HE ORDER OF LD. CIT(APPEALS), CENTRAL, GURGAON DATED 1 8.12.2012 FOR ASSESSMENT YEAR 2006-07, CHALLENGING THE DELETI ON OF ADDITION OF RS. 12 LACS ON ACCOUNT OF UNEXPLAINED I NVESTMENT IN PURCHASE OF LAND. 2. ACCORDING TO CIRCULAR NO. 21/2015 DATED 10.12.20 15, THE CBDT IN SUPERCESSION OF EARLIER INSTRUCTIONS HAS DI RECTED THAT DEPARTMENTS APPEALS BEFORE ITAT SHALL NOT BE FILED IN CASES WHERE THE TAX EFFECT DOES NOT EXCEED THE MONETARY L IMIT OF RS. 10 LACS. THE TAX WILL NOT INCLUDE ANY INTEREST THE REON. IT IS 2 FURTHER CLARIFIED THAT IF IN THE CASE OF AN ASSESSE E, DISPUTED ISSUES ARISE IN MORE THAN ONE ASSESSMENT YEAR, APPE AL CAN BE FILED IN RESPECT OF SUCH ASSESSMENT YEAR OR YEARS I N WHICH THE TAX EFFECT IN RESPECT OF DISPUTED ISSUES EXCEEDS TH E MONETARY LIMIT SO SPECIFIED. THIS INSTRUCTION WILL APPLY RE TROSPECTIVELY TO PENDING APPEALS AND APPEALS TO BE FILED HENCEFORTH BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL. THE PENDING APPEALS BELOW THE SPECIFIED T AX LIMIT MAY BE WITHDRAWN/NOT PRESSED. 3. ADMITTEDLY, IN THE DEPARTMENTAL APPEAL, THE TAX EFFECT IS LESS THAN RS. 10 LACS, THEREFORE, DEPARTMENTAL APPE AL IS NOT MAINTAINABLE. THE LD. CIT(APPEALS) DECIDED THE ISS UE IN DEPARTMENTAL APPEAL ON FACTS AND THE CASE OF THE RE VENUE WOULD NOT FALL IN THE EXCEPTIONS PROVIDED IN THE ABOVE CI RCULAR. 4. IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE, LD. DR STATED THAT SINCE DEPARTMENTAL APPEAL IS FILED AGAINST THE CBDT INSTR UCTIONS, THEREFORE, HE WOULD NOT BE PRESSING DEPARTMENTAL AP PEAL. THEREFORE, THE ABOVE DEPARTMENTAL APPEAL IS DISMISS ED BEING NOT PRESSED. ORDER PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT. SD/- SD/- ( ANNAPURNA GUPTA) (BHAVNESH SAINI ) ACCUONTANT MEMBER JUDICIAL MEMBER DATED: 7 TH JULY, 2016. POONAM COPY TO: THE APPELLANT, THE RESPONDENT, THE CIT(A), THE CIT, DR ASSISTANT REGISTRAR, ITAT/CHD