DCIT, Muzaffarnagar V. Late Shri Jitendra Kumar Through L/H Smt. Raj Rani, Roorkee

ITA 3753/DEL/2017

• Counselvise Citation: [2021] 107 COUNSELVISE.COM (IT) 8436 (ITAT-DELHI)
• Duration Of Justice: 4 year(s) 2 month(s) 7 day(s)
• Appeal Type: Income Tax Appeal
• Pronouncement Date: 16-08-2021
• Appeal Filed By: Department
• Order Result: Dismissed
• Bench Allotted: D
• Assessment Year: 2007-2008
• Appeal Filed On: 08-06-2017
• Result in Favour of: Assessee
• Court: TRIBUNAL
• Department Lawyers: ANIL KR JAIN
• Assessee Lawyers: UMESH KATYAR
• Keywords: Retrospective amendment; Tax effect; Set aside

Judgement Text

IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL (DELHI BENCH D : NEW DELHI) (THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCING) BEFORE SHRI R.K.PANDA, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER AND SHRI MAHAVIR PRASAD, JUDICIAL MEMBER ITA NO. 3753/DEL./2017, A.Y. : 2007-08 DCIT, VS. LATE SHRI JITENDRA KUMAR CIRCLE-1 TH ROUGH L/H SMT. RAJ RANI MUZAFFARNAGAR 48/484, CIVIL LINES ROORKEE (PAN : ADJPK2854N) (APPELLANT) (RESPONDENT) ASSESSEE BY : SHRI UMESH KATYAR, SR. DR REVENUE BY : SHRI ANIL KR. JAIN, ADV. DATE OF HEARING : 16.08.2021 DATE OF ORDER : 16.08.2021 O R D E R PER MAHAVIR PRASAD, JUDICIAL MEMBER : APPELLANT, DY. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME-TAX, CIRCLE- 1, MUZAFFARNAGAR (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE REVE NUE) BY FILING THE PRESENT APPEAL SOUGHT TO SET ASIDE THE IMPUGNED ORDER DATED 26.03.2017 PASSED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF INCOME-TA X (APPEALS)- MUZAFFARNAGAR QUA THE ASSESSMENT YEAR 2007-08. ITA NO.3753/DEL./2017 2 2. PERUSAL OF THE AFORESAID APPEAL FILED BY THE RE VENUE APPARENTLY SHOW THAT THE SAME IS HAVING LOW TAX EFF ECT AS PER CBDT CIRCULAR NO.17/2019 DATED 8 TH AUGUST, 2019 VIDE WHICH THE REVENUE HAS BEEN DIRECTED NOT TO PREFER ANY APP EAL IN CASE THE TAX EFFECT IS LESS THAN RS.50,00,000/- AND THIS FAC TUAL POSITION HAS BEEN FAIRLY CONCEDED BY THE LD. D.R. THE LD. A.R. CONTENDED THAT THE APPEAL OF THE REVENUE MAY BE DISMISSED IN THE L IGHT OF CBDT CIRCULAR (SUPRA). 3. WE HAVE HEARD THE PARTIES ON THE ISSUE IN CONTR OVERSY AND PERUSED THE MATERIAL ON RECORD. PERUSAL OF CBDT CIR CULAR (SUPRA) SHOWS THAT MONETARY LIMIT FOR FILING THE APPEAL BY THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL, HON'BLE HIGH COURT AND HON'BLE SUPREME COURT HAS BEEN REVISED. 4. IN VIEW OF THE CBDT CIRCULAR NO.17/2019 DATED 8 TH AUGUST, 2019 HAVING RETROSPECTIVE EFFECT AS COORDINATE BENC H OF THE TRIBUNAL IN CASE OF DINESH MADHAVLAL PATEL [TS-469-ITAT- 2019(AHD)] 2019-TIOL-1556-ITAT-AHM DATED 14 TH AUGUST, 2019 HAS ALREADY DECIDED THE ISSUE AS TO THE APPLICABILI TY OF THE CAPTIONED CIRCULAR TO THE PENDING APPEALS IN AFFIRM ATIVE AND WHAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED ABOVE, WE ARE OF THE CONSIDERED VIEW THAT THE AFORESAID APPEAL IS NOT MAINTAINABLE BECAUSE OF LOW TAX EFFECT I.E. LESS THAN RS.50,00,000/- HENCE, THE AFORESAID APPEALS FILED BY ITA NO.3753/DEL./2017 3 THE REVENUE IS HEREBY DISMISSED HAVING BEEN BECOME INFRUCTUOUS. HOWEVER, IN CASE, THE PRESENT APPEAL IS FOUND T O BE MAINTAINABLE AT ANY STAGE FOR ANY TECHNICAL REASONS, THE DEPARTM ENT SHALL BE AT LIBERTY TO SEEK RECALL OF THIS ORDER UNDER RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF LAW. ORDER PRONOUNCED IN OPEN COURT ON 16 TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2021. SD/- SD/- (R.K.PANDA) (MAHA VIR PRASAD) ACCOUNTANT MEMBER JUDICIAL MEMBER DATED THE 16 TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2021 *BINITA* COPY FORWARDED TO: 1.APPELLANT 2.RESPONDENT 3.CIT 4.CIT(A)-MUZAFFARNAGAR 5.CIT(ITAT), NEW DELHI. AR, ITAT NEW DELHI.