Shri Naranbhai Gordhanbhai Galani, JAMNAGAR V. The Income Tax Officer, Ward-1(3), JAMNAGAR

ITA 403/RJT/2011

• Counselvise Citation: [2018] 119 COUNSELVISE.COM (IT) 1828 (ITAT-RAJKOT)
• Duration Of Justice: 7 year(s) 18 day(s)
• Appeal Type: Income Tax Appeal
• Pronouncement Date: 19-11-2018
• Appeal Filed By: Assessee
• Order Result: Partly Allowed
• Bench Allotted: DB
• Assessment Year: 2008-2009
• Appeal Filed On: 31-10-2011
• Result in Favour of: Partly Allowed
• Court: TRIBUNAL
• Section: 143(3)

Judgement Text

: : IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBULAL: RAJKOT BENCH: RAJKOT , , BEFORE SHRI C.M.GAR G , JUDICIAL MEMBER AND SHRI O.P.MEENA , A CCOUNTANT M EMBER . / ITA NO . 403 / RJT /201 1 / ASSESSMENT YEAR: 20 08 - 09 SHRI NARANBHAI GORDHANBHAI GALANI, SHED NO.K - 1/79/3, GIDC, SHANKER TEKRI, UDYOGNAGAR, JAMNAGAR. [PAN: AAPPG 9154L ] VS. INCOME TAX OFFICER , WARD - 1 ( 3 ) , JAMNAGAR . ( / APPELLANT) ( /RESPONDENT) / ASSESSEE BY : SHRI VIMAL DESAI , A.R / REVENUE BY : SHRI PRAVEEN VERMA, SR. D.R / DATE OF HEARING : 19 - 1 1 - 201 8 / DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT : 19 - 11 - 201 8 / O RDER PER C.M. GARG, JUDICIAL MEMBER : TH IS APPEAL HA S BEEN FILED BY THE ASSESSEE AGAINST THE ORDER OF COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (APPEALS) , JAMNAGAR ( CIT(A) FOR SHORT) DATED 19 . 0 8 . 201 1 F OR THE A SSESSMENT Y EAR (A . Y) 20 08 - 09 . 2. THE GROUNDS RAISED BY THE ASSESSEE READ AS FOLLOWS: 1. THE ORDER PASSED U/S. 143(3) BY THE LD. ASSESSING OFFICER IS BAD IN LAW. 2 ITA NO.403/RJT/2011 (A.Y: 2008 - 09) SHRI NARANBHAI GORDHANBHAI GALANI 2. THE LD. ASSESSING OFFICER HAS ERRED IN LAW AND ON FACTS IN DETERMINING TOTAL INCOME OF TH E APPELLANT AT RS. 28,83,554/ - WHICH IS IMAGINARY. THE LD . CIT(A) HAS ERRED IN CONFIRMING IT. 3. THE LD. ASSESSING OFFICER HAS ERRED IN LAW AND ON FACTS IN MAKING DISALLOWANCE OF RS. 27,58,042/ - U/S. 69A OF THE INCOME TAX ACT, 1961 WITHOUT CONSIDERING TH E FACT THAT THE TRANSACTIONS DO NOT BELONG TO THE APPELLANT. THE LD. CIT(A) HAS ERRED IN CONFIRMING IT. 4. THE LD. ASSESSING OFFICER HAS ERRED IN LAW AND ON FACTS IN APPLYING PROVISIONS OF S. 69A INSPITE OF THE FACT THAT THE APPELLANT IN NOT THE OWNER OF ALLEGED BANK TRANSACTIONS. THE LD. CIT(A) HAS ERRED IN CONFERRING IT. 5. THE LD. ASSESSING OFFICER HAS ERRED IN LAW AND ON FACTS IN NOT CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THE CASH DEPOSITS IN THE BANK ACCOUNT ARE OUT OF CASH WITHDRAWALS FROM THE SAME BANK ACCOUNT AND FURTHER ERRED IN NOT GRANTING CREDIT THEREOF. THE LD. CIT(A) HAS ERRED IN CONFIRMING IT. 3. WE HAVE HEARD THE ARGUMENTS OF BOTH SIDES AND CAREFULLY PERUSED THE RELEVANT MATERIAL PLACED ON THE RECO RD OF THE TRIBUNAL. THE LD. AR SUBMITTED THAT T HE LD. ASSESSING OFFICER HAS ERRED IN LAW AND ON FACTS IN DETERMINING TOTAL INCOME OF THE APPELLANT AT RS. 28,83,55 4/ - WHICH IS IMAGINARY. THE LD . C IT(A) HAS ERRED IN CONFIRMING THE SAID ORDER PASSED BY THE AO U/S. 143(3) O F THE INC O ME TAX ACT, 1961 (IN SHORT THE ACT ) . THE .D AR VEHEMENTLY POINTED OUT THAT T HE LD. ASSESSING OFFICER HAS ERRED IN LAW AND ON FACTS IN MAKING DISALLOWANCE OF RS. 27,58,042/ - U/S. 69A OF THE ACT WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THE TRANSACTIONS DO NOT BELONG TO THE APPELLANT AND THE SAME WAS CONFIRMED BY THE LD. CIT(A) ON UNJUSTIF I ED AND UNSUSTAINABLE REASONS THEREFORE, THE SAME MAY KINDLY BE DISMISSED. 4. THE LD. AR ALSO POINTED OUT THAT T HE LD. ASSESSING OFFICER HAS ERRED I N LAW AND ON FACTS IN APPLYING PROVISIONS OF S. 69A INSPITE OF THE FACT THAT THE 3 ITA NO.403/RJT/2011 (A.Y: 2008 - 09) SHRI NARANBHAI GORDHANBHAI GALANI APPELLANT IN NOT THE OWNER OF ALLEGED BANK TRANSACTIONS AND T HE LD. ASSESSING OFFICER HAS ALSO ERRED IN LAW AND ON FACTS IN NOT CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THE CASH DEPOSITS IN THE BANK ACCOUNT ARE OUT OF CASH WITHDRAWALS FROM THE SAME BANK ACCOUNT AND FURTHER ERRED IN NOT GRANTING CREDIT THEREOF. THE LD. CIT(A) WAS NOT CORRECT AND HAS ERRED IN CONFIRMING THE SAME THEREFORE, IMPUGNED ORDER MAY KINDLY BE SET ASIDE BY DIRECTING TH E AO TO DELETE THE ENTIRE ADDITION. 5. REPLYING TO THE ABOVE, THE LD. DEPARTMENTAL R E PRESENTATIVE (DR) STRONGLY SUPPORTED THE ASSESSMENT AS WELL AS FIRST APPELLATE ORDER AND CONTENDED THAT THE ASSESSEE DID NOT DISCLOSE BANK ACCOUNT TO WHICH HUGE CASH AMOUNT WAS DEPOSITED THEREFORE, THE AUTHORITIES BELOW WERE RIGHT IN MAKING ADDITION/DISALLOWANCE U/S. 69A OF THE ACT. 6. ON CAREFUL SUBMISSION OF ABOVE RIVAL SUBMISSIONS, FIRST OF ALL, WE MAY POINT OUT THA T FROM THE FACTS, CIRCUMSTANCES AND DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE PLACED ON RECORD, WE NOTE THAT THE ASSESSEE FAILED TO ESTABLISH AND DISCHARGE HIS ONUS REGARDING IMPUGNED DEPOSITS TO HIS BANK ACCOUNT AND THE EXPLANATION SUBMITTED BY HIM THAT MONEY DEPOSITED IN THE JOINT ACCOUNT WITH HIS WIFE STANDING IN HIS NAME AND IN HIS WIFE S NAME BELONGS TO HIS WIFE ONLY AS THERE WAS NO PROOF ON RECORD LIKE FORM NO.7/12 OR FORM NO.8 OR ANY DETAIL OR BILL SHOWING THAT THE AGRICULTURE PRODUCE WAS SOLD BY HER FATHER AND HE WAS HA VING AGRICULTURE INCOME OUT OF WHICH AMOUNT WAS GIVEN BY HIM TO HIS DAUGHTER I.E., WIFE OF THE ASSESSEE WHICH WAS DEPOSITED IN THE JOINT ACCOUNT. IT IS ALSO NOTED THAT THE ASESSEE AND HIS WIFE ALSO FAILED TO EXPLAIN THE RE ASONS FOR DEPOSITING THE HUGE C AS H AMOUNT AND SUBSEQUENT WITHDRAWALS AND PURPOSE OF DEP O S ITS 4 ITA NO.403/RJT/2011 (A.Y: 2008 - 09) SHRI NARANBHAI GORDHANBHAI GALANI AND WITHDRAWAL TO BANK ACCOUNT, WHICH WAS NOT DISCLOSED TO THE INCOME T AX AUTHORITIES. THEREFORE, THE AUTH O R IT IES WERE RIGHT IN IMPOSING LIABILITY OF PAYING TAX ON THE IMPUGNED AMOUNTS ON THE ASSE SSEE AND CONCLUSION DRAWN BY THE AO AS WELL AS LD. CIT(A) IS FOUND TO BE CORRECT AND SUSTAINABLE. 7. HOWEVER, AT THE SAME TIME, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE ASSESSEE DID NOT DISCLOSE THE SAID BANK ACCOUNT IN THE RETURN OF INCOME BUT IN A SITUATION WHEN ASSE SSEE IS REGULARLY DEPOSITING CASH AMOUNT AND ALSO WITHDRAWING AMOUNTS THERE FROM THEN, THE ENTIRE AMOUNT OF CASH DEPOSITS CANNOT BE TREATED AS INCOME IN THE HANDS OF THE ASSESSEE KEEPING ASIDE THE FACT OF WITHDRAWALS FROM THE SAME ACCOUNT AND IN THIS SITUA TION, IT HAS TO BE PRESUMED THAT THE AMOUNT DEPOSITED WAS WITHDRAWN AND AGAIN DEPOSITED TO THE ACCOUNT AND THIS CIRCULATION OF MONEY CANNOT CREATE ANY INCOME IN THE HANDS OF THE ASSESSEE. AT THE SAME TIME, IT IS ALSO A WELL ACCEPTED PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE OF TAX JURISPRUDENCE THAT IN THE SITUATION WHEN ASSESSEE IS REGULARLY DEPOSITING AMOUNTS TO THE BANK ACCOUNT AND WITHDRAWING THE SAME AND AGAIN DEPOSING AMOUNT TO THE SAME ACCOUNT THEN, THE PEAK AMOUNT OF ENTIRE FINANCIAL PERIOD SHOULD BE TREATED AS TAXAB LE INCOME OF THE ASSESSEE. ADMITTEDLY AND UNDISPUTEDLY, PEAK AMOUNT IN THE PRESENT CASE , IN THE IMPUGNED BANK ACCOUNT , WAS RS. 1,79,618 / - AS ON 27.02.2008 AND AFTER CONSIDERING ENTIRE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE AND IN VIEW OF THE FOREGOING DISCUSSION, WE DIRECT THE AO TO TREAT THE SAID PEAK AMOUNT AS TAXABLE INCOME OF THE ASSESSEE FOR THE RELEVANT PERIOD PERTAI NI NG TO AY 2008 - 09. ACCORDINGLY, APPEAL OF ASSESSEE IS 5 ITA NO.403/RJT/2011 (A.Y: 2008 - 09) SHRI NARANBHAI GORDHANBHAI GALANI PARTLY ALLOWED AND AO IS DIRECTED TO RECALCULATE THE TAXABLE INCOME OF THE ASSESSEE AS PER DIRECTIONS GIVEN HEREIN ABOVE. 8. IN THE RESULT, APPEAL OF THE ASSESSEE IS PARTLY ALLOWED. ORDER PRONOUN CED IN THE OPEN COURT ON THIS DAY OF NOVEMBER 19 TH , 2018 RAJKOT / ; / DATED : NOVEMBER 19 TH , 2018 / EDN , SR. P.S / COPY OF THE ORDER IS FORWARDED TO : 1. / THE APPELLANT ; 2. / THE RESPONDENT ; 3. ( ) / THE CONCERNED CIT(A) ; 4. THE CONCERNED PRL. CIT; 5. , , / DR, ITAT, / RAJKOT ; 6. / GUARD FILE . // TRUE COPY // SD/ - SD/ - ( . . / O.P.MEENA) / ACCOUNTANT MEMBER ( . . /C.M. GARG) / JUDICIAL MEMBER