ITO, Faridabad V. Smt. Rekha Garg, Faridabad

ITA 4077/DEL/2009

• Counselvise Citation: [2016] 133 COUNSELVISE.COM (IT) 7264 (ITAT-DELHI)
• Duration Of Justice: 6 year(s) 3 month(s) 13 day(s)
• Appeal Type: Income Tax Appeal
• Pronouncement Date: 21-01-2016
• Appeal Filed By: Department
• Order Result: Dismissed
• Bench Allotted: F
• Next Hearing Date: 04-01-2016
• Assessment Year: 2005-2006
• Appeal Filed On: 08-10-2009
• Result in Favour of: Assessee
• Court: TRIBUNAL
• Department Lawyers: R S NEGI SENIOR
• Keywords: Tax effect

Judgement Text

IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL DELHI DELHI DELHI DELHI BENCH BENCH BENCH BENCH F FF F : NEW DELHI : NEW DELHI : NEW DELHI : NEW DELHI BEFORE SHRI BEFORE SHRI BEFORE SHRI BEFORE SHRI G.D. AGRAWAL, VICE PRESIDENT G.D. AGRAWAL, VICE PRESIDENT G.D. AGRAWAL, VICE PRESIDENT G.D. AGRAWAL, VICE PRESIDENT AND AND AND AND SHRI KULDIP SINGH SHRI KULDIP SINGH SHRI KULDIP SINGH SHRI KULDIP SINGH, JUDICIAL MEMBER , JUDICIAL MEMBER , JUDICIAL MEMBER , JUDICIAL MEMBER ITA NO ITA NO ITA NO ITA NO . .. . 4077 4077 4077 4077 /DEL/20 /DEL/20 /DEL/20 /DEL/20 09 0909 09 ASSESSMENT YEAR : ASSESSMENT YEAR : ASSESSMENT YEAR : ASSESSMENT YEAR : 200 200 200 200 5 55 5 - -- - 06 0606 06 INCOME TAX OFFICER, INCOME TAX OFFICER, INCOME TAX OFFICER, INCOME TAX OFFICER, WARD WARD WARD WARD- -- -1(1), 1(1), 1(1), 1(1), FARIDABAD. FARIDABAD. FARIDABAD. FARIDABAD. VS. VS. VS. VS. SMT. REKHA SMT. REKHA SMT. REKHA SMT. REKHA GARG, GARG, GARG, GARG, H.NO.250, SECTOR H.NO.250, SECTOR H.NO.250, SECTOR H.NO.250, SECTOR- -- -14, 14, 14, 14, NOW CARE OF ZEVER MAHAL, NOW CARE OF ZEVER MAHAL, NOW CARE OF ZEVER MAHAL, NOW CARE OF ZEVER MAHAL, 1 11 1- -- -2 CHOWK, 2 CHOWK, 2 CHOWK, 2 CHOWK, FARIDABAD. FARIDABAD. FARIDABAD. FARIDABAD. PAN : ALIPG7175M. PAN : ALIPG7175M. PAN : ALIPG7175M. PAN : ALIPG7175M. (APPELLANT) (RESPONDENT) APPELLANT BY : SHRI R.S. NEGI, SENIOR DR. RESPONDENT BY : SHRI VINEET GARG, ADVOCATE. DATE OF HEARING : 0 00 04 44 4.01.2016 .01.2016 .01.2016 .01.2016 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT : 21.01.2016 21.01.2016 21.01.2016 21.01.2016 ORDER ORDER ORDER ORDER PER G.D. AGRAWAL, VP PER G.D. AGRAWAL, VP PER G.D. AGRAWAL, VP PER G.D. AGRAWAL, VP : :: :- -- - THIS APPEAL BY THE REVENUE FOR THE ASSESSMENT YEAR 2005 -06 IS DIRECTED AGAINST THE ORDER OF LEARNED CIT(A), FARID ABAD DATED 11 TH AUGUST, 2009. 2. VARIOUS GROUNDS HAVE BEEN RAISED IN THIS APPEAL BY THE REVENUE AGAINST THE DELETION OF THE ADDITIONS OF `85,000/-, `3,94,408/-, `4,60,000/-, `3,70,000/- AND `5,50,000/-. THUS, APP ARENTLY, THE TAX EFFECT IS BELOW `10 LAKHS. THE CBDT IN ITS CIRCULAR N O.21/2015 DATED 10 TH DECEMBER, 2015 HAS REVISED THE MONETARY LIMIT FOR FI LING OF THE DEPARTMENTAL APPEALS TO THE ITAT AT `10 LAKHS WHICH I S EVIDENT FROM PARAGRAPH 3 OF THE CIRCULAR, WHICH READS AS UNDER:- ITA-4077/DEL/2009 2 3. HENCEFORTH, APPEAL/SLPS SHALL NOT BE FILED IN CASE S WHERE THE TAX EFFECT DOES NOT EXCEED THE MONETARY LI MITS GIVEN HEREUNDER:- S.NO. APPEALS IN INCOME - TAX MATTERS MONETARY LIMIT (IN RS) 1. BEFORE APPELLATE TRIBUNAL 10,00,000/ - 2. BEFORE HIGH COURT 20,00,000/ - 3. BEFORE SUPREME COURT 25,00,000/ - IT IS CLARIFIED THAT AN APPEAL SHOULD NOT BE FILED ME RELY BECAUSE THE TAX EFFECT IN A CASE EXCEEDS THE MONETARY LIMITS PRESCRIBED ABOVE. FILING OF APPEAL IN SUCH CASE S IS TO BE DECIDED ON MERITS OF THE CASE. 3. IN PARAGRAPH 10 OF THE CIRCULAR, SUCH MONETARY LI MITS HAVE BEEN MADE APPLICABLE RETROSPECTIVELY. FOR READY REFERENC E, WE REPRODUCE PARAGRAPH 10 BELOW:- 10. THIS INSTRUCTION WILL APPLY RETROSPECTIVELY TO PE NDING APPEALS AND APPEALS TO BE FILED HENCEFORTH IN HIGH COURTS/TRIBUNALS. PENDING APPEALS BELOW THE SPECIFIED TAX LIMITS IN PARA 3 ABOVE MAY BE WITHDRAWN/NOT PRESSED. APPEALS BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THIS SUBJECT, OPERATIVE AT THE TIME WH EN SUCH APPEAL WAS FILED. 4. THEREFORE, THE ABOVE CIRCULAR WOULD BE SQUARELY A PPLICABLE TO THE APPEAL UNDER CONSIDERATION BEFORE US. 5. LEARNED SENIOR DR SHRI R.S. NEGI WHO APPEARED AT THE TIME OF HEARING BEFORE US STATED THAT HE NEEDS SOME TIME TO CAL L FOR THE REPORT FROM THE ASSESSING OFFICER AS WELL AS INSTRUCTIONS FROM ADM INISTRATIVE CIT FOR WITHDRAWING THIS APPEAL BECAUSE THE APPEAL W AS FILED WITH THE APPROVAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE CIT. LEARNED DR FURTHER POINTED OUT THAT IN PARAGRAPH 7 OF THE SAID CIRCULAR, IT HAS BEEN CLARIF IED BY THE CBDT THAT WITHDRAWAL OF THIS APPEAL BY THE REVENUE ON ACCOUNT OF LOW TAX EFFECT ITA-4077/DEL/2009 3 SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS A PRECEDENT IN THE SUBSEQUEN T YEARS OF THE ACCEPTANCE OF ISSUES INVOLVED IN THIS APPEAL AND, THEREFORE, IF IN THE SUBSEQUENT YEAR SIMILAR ISSUE ARISES BEFORE THE ITAT WHERE THE APPEAL IS ABOVE THE TAX LIMIT AS PRESCRIBED IN THIS CIRCULAR, THE SAME SHOULD BE DECIDED ON MERITS. 6. LEARNED COUNSEL FOR THE ASSESSEE, ON THE OTHER HAND, STATED THAT THE CIRCULAR IS SQUARELY APPLICABLE TO THE FACTS OF TH E ASSESSEES CASE. 7. AFTER CONSIDERING THE SUBMISSIONS OF BOTH THE SIDES, W E ARE OF THE OPINION THAT THERE IS NO NECESSITY FOR ADJOURNING THE APPEAL AND CALLING THE REPORT FROM THE ASSESSING OFFICER BECAUSE, APPARENTL Y, THE TAX EFFECT INVOLVED IN THIS APPEAL OF THE REVENUE IS BELO W `10 LAKHS. HOWEVER, WE ADD HERE THAT IF ON RECEIPT OF ORDER TH E ASSESSING OFFICER FINDS THAT THE TAX EFFECT IS ABOVE `10 LAKHS OR, IN AN Y OTHER MANNER, THE CIRCULAR IS NOT APPLICABLE, HE WILL BE AT LIBERTY TO FILE THE MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION. WE ALSO AGREE WITH THE CONTENTION OF THE LEARNED DR THAT THIS ORDER WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS AN ACCEPTANCE BY THE REVENUE ON THE ISSUE INVOLVED IN THIS APPEAL AND WILL NOT BE A N ESTOPPEL FOR THE REVENUE TO TAKE UP THE ISSUE INVOLVED IN THIS APPEAL B EFORE THE ITAT ON MERITS IF THE TAX EFFECT IN THOSE YEARS IS MORE THAN ` 10 LAKHS. WITH THIS REMARK, WE DEEM IT PROPER TO DISMISS THE APPEAL IN T HE LIGHT OF THE CIRCULAR NO.21/2015 OF CBDT DATED 10 TH DECEMBER, 2015. 8. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL OF THE REVENUE IS DISMISSED . DECISION PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON 21.01.2016. SD/- SD/- (KULDIP SINGH (KULDIP SINGH (KULDIP SINGH (KULDIP SINGH ) )) ) ( (( ( G.D. AGRAWAL G.D. AGRAWAL G.D. AGRAWAL G.D. AGRAWAL ) )) ) JUDICIAL MEMBER JUDICIAL MEMBER JUDICIAL MEMBER JUDICIAL MEMBER VICE PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT VK. ITA-4077/DEL/2009 4 COPY FORWARDED TO: - 1. APPELLANT : INCOME TAX OFFICER, INCOME TAX OFFICER, INCOME TAX OFFICER, INCOME TAX OFFICER, WARD WARD WARD WARD- -- -1(1), FARIDABAD. 1(1), FARIDABAD. 1(1), FARIDABAD. 1(1), FARIDABAD. 2. RESPONDENT : SMT. REKHA GARG, SMT. REKHA GARG, SMT. REKHA GARG, SMT. REKHA GARG, H.NO.250, SECTOR H.NO.250, SECTOR H.NO.250, SECTOR H.NO.250, SECTOR- -- -14, 14, 14, 14, NOW CARE OF ZEVER MAHAL, NOW CARE OF ZEVER MAHAL, NOW CARE OF ZEVER MAHAL, NOW CARE OF ZEVER MAHAL, 1 11 1- -- -2 CHOWK, FARIDABAD. 2 CHOWK, FARIDABAD. 2 CHOWK, FARIDABAD. 2 CHOWK, FARIDABAD. 3. CIT 4. CIT(A) 5. DR, ITAT ASSISTANT REGISTRAR