ITO, Roorkee V. Sanjeev Jain, Mangalore

ITA 3714/DEL/2013

• Counselvise Citation: [2016] 131 COUNSELVISE.COM (IT) 6891 (ITAT-DELHI)
• Duration Of Justice: 3 year(s) 3 month(s) 9 day(s)
• Appeal Type: Income Tax Appeal
• Pronouncement Date: 20-09-2016
• Appeal Filed By: Department
• Order Result: Dismissed
• Bench Allotted: G
• Next Hearing Date: 19-09-2016
• Assessment Year: 2007-2008
• Appeal Filed On: 10-06-2013
• Result in Favour of: Assessee
• Court: TRIBUNAL
• Keywords: Retrospective amendment; Tax effect

Judgement Text

IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL DELHI BENCH : G NEW DELHI BEFORE SH. H.S. SIDHU , JUDICIAL M EMBER AND SH. O.P. KANT , ACCOUNTANT MEMBER ITA NO. 3714 /DEL/ 2013 ASSESSMENT YEAR: 2007 - 08 INCOME TAX OFFICER, WARD - 2, ROORKEE VS. SH. SANJEEV JAIN, PROP. M/S. ARIHANT AYURVEDIC CENTRE, MAIN BAZAR, MANGALORE. PAN : ABTPJ8196J (APPELLANT) (RESPONDENT) APPELLANT BY SH. N.K. BANSAL, SR. DR RESPONDENT BY SH. SATISH AGGARWAL, C.A. DATE OF HEARING 19.09.2016 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT 20.09.2016 ORDER PER O.P. KANT , A. M. : THIS APPEAL BY THE REVENUE IS DIRECTED AGAINST THE ORDER OF LEARNED COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX(APPEALS) - I , DEHRADUN , DATED 04.03.2013 IN RELATION TO ASSESSMENT YEAR 2007 - 08 . 2. WE HAVE HEARD BOTH THE PARTIES AND PERUSED THE RELEVANT MATERIAL ON RECORD. IT IS NOTICED THAT THE CBDT HAS ISSUED CIRCULAR NO. 21 OF 2015 DATED 10.12.2015 WITH RETROSPECTIVE EFFECT, REVISING THE MONETARY LIMIT TO RS.10,00,000/ - FOR NOT FILING APPEALS BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL. LEARNED SR. DR COULD NOT CONTROVERT TH E FACT THAT TAX EFFECT INVOLVED IN THE APPEAL IS LESS THAN RS.10,00,000/ - . 3. FROM PARA 10 OF THE ABOVE CIRCULAR, IT IS PALPABLE THAT THE INSTRUCTION IS APPLICABLE TO THE PENDING APPEALS ALSO WITH RETROSPECTIVE EFFECT AND THERE IS A CLEAR - CUT DIRECTION TO THE DEPARTMENT TO WITHDRAW OR NOT PRESS SUCH APPEALS FILED BEFORE THE ITAT, WHEREIN TAX EFFECT IS LESS THAN RS.10,00,000/ - . GOING 2 ITA NO. 3714/DEL/2013 AY: 2007 - 08 BY THE PRESCRIPTION OF THE AFORE - NOTED CIRCULAR, WE ARE OF THE VIEW THAT THE REVENUE SHOULD HAVE EITHER NOT FILED THE INSTANT APPEAL BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL OR WITHDRAWN THE SAME AS THE TAX EFFECT IN THIS APPEAL IS ADMITTEDLY LESS THAN THE PRESCRIBED LIMIT I.E. RS. 10,00,000/ - FOR NOT FILING THE APPEAL. ACCORDINGLY , WE DISMISS THE INSTANT APPEAL W ITHOUT GOING INTO MERITS OF THE CASE. HOWEVER, THE DEPARTMENT IS AT LIBERTY TO FILE THE MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION, IF THE TAX EFFECT IS FOUND TO BE MORE THAN THE PRESCRIBED LIMITED OF RS. 10 LACS OR OTHERWISE. 4. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL OF THE REVENUE STANDS DISMISSED. THE DECISION IS PRONOUN CED IN THE OPEN COURT ON 2 0 T H SEPT., 2016 . S D / - S D / - ( H.S. SIDHU ) ( O.P. KANT ) JUDICIAL MEMBER ACCOUNTANT MEMBER DATED: 2 0 T H SEPTEMBER , 2016 . RK / - COPY FORWARDED TO: 1. APPELLANT 2. RESPONDENT 3. CIT 4. CIT(A) 5. DR ASST. REGISTRAR, ITAT, NEW DELHI