DCIT, Cir.1(1)(1), Ahmedabad V. Arcoy Biorefinery Private Limited, Ahmedabad

ITA 2462/AHD/2017

• Counselvise Citation: [2019] 115 COUNSELVISE.COM (IT) 6347 (ITAT-AHMEDABAD)
• Duration Of Justice: 1 year(s) 11 month(s) 7 day(s)
• Appeal Type: Income Tax Appeal
• Pronouncement Date: 15-10-2019
• Appeal Filed By: Department
• Order Result: Dismissed
• Bench Allotted: D
• Assessment Year: 2013-2014
• Appeal Filed On: 07-11-2017
• Result in Favour of: Assessee
• Court: TRIBUNAL
• Assessee Lawyers: GULAB M THAKOR
• Keywords: Rejection of books of accounts; Retrospective amendment; Tax effect
• Section: 143(3); 201; 268A

Judgement Text

IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL AHMEDABAD B BENCH BEFORE: SHR I RAJPAL YADAV , JUDICIAL MEMBER AND SHRI AMARJIT SINGH, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER THE DCIT , CIRCLE - 1(1)(1 ), AHMEDABAD (APPELLANT) VS ARCOY BIO - REFINERY PVT. LTD. 606, 6 TH FLOOR, ABHIJIT - 1, MITHAKHALI SIX ROAD, ELLISBRIDGE, AHMEDABAD PAN: AAGCA2341H (RESPONDENT) REVENUE BY : S H RI MUDIT NAGPAL , SR. D . R. ASSESSEE BY: SHRI GULAB M. THAKOR , A.R. DATE OF HEARING : 27 - 0 9 - 2 019 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT : 15 - 10 - 2 019 / ORDER P ER : AMARJIT SINGH, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER : - THIS REVENUE S APPEAL FOR A. Y. 2013 - 14 , ARI SES FROM ORDER OF THE CIT(A) - 1, AHMEDABAD DATED 31 - 08 - 2 017 , IN PROCEEDINGS UNDER SECTION 143(3) OF THE INCOME TAX ACT, 1961; IN SHORT THE ACT . 2. THE GRIEVANCE OF THE REVENUE IS THAT T HE LD. CIT(A) HA S ERRED IN DELETING THE REDUCTION OF LOSS CLAIMED BY THE APPELLANT FROM RS. 10,07,88,562/ - TO RS. 9,07,88,562/ - ON ACCOUNT OF REJECTION OF BOOKS OF ACCOUNTS . I T A NO . 2462 / A HD /20 17 A SS ESSMENT YEAR 2013 - 14 I.T.A NO. 2462 /AHD/20 17 A.Y. 2013 - 14 PAGE NO DCIT VS. ARCOY BIOREFINERY PVT. LTD. 2 3. AT THE OUTSET, AFTER GOING THROUGH THE GROUNDS OF APPEAL AND THE IMPUGNED ORDE RS OF THE REVENUE AUTHORITIES BELOW, A QUERY WAS RAISED BY THE BENCH AS TO APPLICABILITY AND MAINTAINABILITY OF THE APPEAL FILED BY THE REVENUE IN VIEW OF RECENT CBDT CIRCULAR NO. 17/2019 DATED 08 - 08 - 2019 RESTRICTING THE FILLING OF THE APPEAL BY THE REVEN UE WH ERE THE TAX EFFECT IS BELOW RS.5 0 LAKHS, THE LD. DR DID NOT DISPUTE THE SAME AND SUBMITTED THAT THE ISSUE IS LEFT TO THE TRIBUNAL TO BE DECIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW. 4. WE FIND THAT THE APPEAL O F THE REVENUE IS PRESENTED ON 7.11 .2017. ON 8.8.2 019 THE CBDT HAS ISSUED INSTR UCTIONS BEARING NO. 17 OF 2019 UNDER FILE N O. F. NO. F. NO. 279/MISC. 142/2007 - ITJ(PT.) PROHIBITING ITS SUBORDINATE AUTHORITIES FROM FILING OF THE APPEAL TO THE TRIBUNAL AGAINST THE ORDER OF THE CIT(A) WHERE THE TAX EFFECT BY V IRTUE OF THE RELIEF GIVEN BY THE CIT(A) IS LESS THAN RS.5 0 LAKHS. THE INSTRUCTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE APPLICABLE WITH RETROSPECTIVE EFFECT, MEANING THEREBY, THESE INSTRUCTIONS ARE APPLICABLE ON PENDING APPEALS ALSO. IN THE PRESENT CASE, TAX EFFECT ON THE T OTAL INCOME ASSESSED MINUS THE TAX THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGEABLE HAD SUCH TOTAL INCOME BEEN REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF INCOME IN RESPECT OF THE ISSUE AGAINST WHICH AP PEAL IS FILED, IS LESS THAN RS.5 0 LAKHS. FURTHER, THE CASE OF THE REVENUE DOES NOT FALL WI THIN THE AMBIT OF EXCEPTIONS PROVIDED IN THE CIRCULAR. THUS, KEEPING IN VIEW THE ABOVE CBDT CIRCULAR AND PROVISIONS OF SECTION 268A OF THE INCOME TAX ACT, WE ARE OF THE VIEW THAT THE PRESENT APPEAL OF THE REVENUE DESERVES TO BE DISMISSED. IT IS ACCORDINGL Y DISMISSED. HOWEVER, IT IS OBSERVED THAT IN CASE ON RE - VERIFICATION AT THE END OF THE AO IT COMES TO THE NOTICE THAT THE TAX EFFECT IS MORE OR REVENUE S CASE FALLS WITHIN THE AMBIT OF EXCEPTIONS PROVIDED IN THE CIRCULAR, THEN THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE AT LIBERTY I.T.A NO. 2462 /AHD/20 17 A.Y. 2013 - 14 PAGE NO DCIT VS. ARCOY BIOREFINERY PVT. LTD. 3 TO APPROACH THE TRIBUNAL FOR RECALL OF THIS ORDER. SUCH APPLICATION SHOULD BE FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD PRESCRIBED IN THE ACT. IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE, THE APPEAL OF THE REVENUE IS DISMISSED DUE TO LOW TAX EFFECT. 5. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL O F THE REVENUE IS DISMISSED. ORDER PR ONOUNCED IN THE OPEN C OURT O N 1 5 - 10 - 201 9 SD/ - SD/ - ( RAJPAL YADAV ) ( AMARJIT SINGH ) JUDICIAL MEMBER ACCOUNTANT MEMBER AHMEDABAD : DATED 15 /10 /2019 / COPY OF ORDER FORWARDED TO: - 1. ASSESSEE 2. REVENUE 3. CONCERNED CIT 4. CIT (A) 5. DR, ITAT, AHMEDABAD 6. GUARD FILE. BY ORDER/ , / ,