Joint Commissioner of Income-tax, (OSD),(Exemption),Circle, Ratnagiri V. Prabodhan Shikshan Prasarak Sanstha, Ratnagiri

ITA 429/PUN/2018

• Counselvise Citation: [2021] 108 COUNSELVISE.COM (IT) 3890 (ITAT-PUNE)
• Duration Of Justice: 3 year(s) 2 month(s) 24 day(s)
• Appeal Type: Income Tax Appeal
• Pronouncement Date: 31-05-2021
• Appeal Filed By: Department
• Order Result: Dismissed
• Bench Allotted: A
• Assessment Year: 2014-2015
• Appeal Filed On: 06-03-2018
• Result in Favour of: Assessee
• Court: TRIBUNAL
• Department Lawyers: S P WALIMBE
• Assessee Lawyers: MADHUKAR KULKARNI
• Keywords: Tax effect

Judgement Text

IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL A BENCH, PUNE (THROUGH VIRTUAL COURT) BEFORE SHRI INTURI RAMA RAO , ACCOUNTANT MEMBER AND SHRI PARTHA SARATHI CHAUDHURY, J UDICIAL M EMBER . / I TA NO. 429 /PUN/20 18 / ASSESSMENT YEAR : 2014 - 15 THE JT. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (OSD) (EXEMPTION) CIRCLE, PUNE. ....... / APPELLANT / V/S. PRABODHAN SHIKSHAN PRASARAK SANSTHA A/P. AMBAV, TAL. SANGAMESHWAR, DIST. RATNAGIRI. PAN : AAATP5904E / RESPONDENT REVENUE BY : SHRI S.P WALIMBE A SSESSEE BY : SHRI MADHUKAR KULKARNI / DATE OF HEARING : 27.05 .202 1 / DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT : 31 . 05 .2021 / ORDER THIS APPEAL PREFERRED BY THE REVENUE EMANATES FROM THE ORDER OF THE LD. CIT(APPEALS) - 2, KOLHAPUR DATED 26.12.2017 FOR THE ASSESSMENT YEAR 2014 - 15 AS PER THE GROUNDS OF APPEAL ON RECORD. 2 ITA NO. 429 /PUN/20 18 A.Y. 2014 - 15 2. THE LD. AR OF THE ASSESSEE SUBMITTED AT THE OUTSET THAT THE APPEAL OF REVENUE IS LIABLE TO BE DISMISSED ON ACCOUNT OF LOW TAX EFFECT IN TERMS OF RECENT CBDT CIRCULAR NO.17/2019 [F NO.279/MISE.142/20 07 - ITJ (PT)], DATED 08 - 08 - 2019 READ WITH CIRCULAR NO.3 OF 2018 DATED 11.07.2018 REVISING THE UPWARD MONETARY LIMITS FOR FILING OF APPEALS IN INCOME TAX CASES BEFORE VARIOUS APPELLATE FORUMS. THE EARLIER CBDT CIRCULAR NO.03/2019 DATED 11.07.2018 FIXED MONET ARY LIMIT FOR FILING OF APPEALS BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL AT RS.20 LAKHS. SUCH LIMIT HAS BEEN ENHANCED IN THE RECENT CBDT CIRCULAR DATED 08.08.2019 FROM RS.20 LAKHS TO RS. 50 LAKHS. THE LD. AR OF THE ASSESSEE POINTED THAT TAX EFFECT INVOLVED IN THIS APPEAL IS LE SS THAN RS.50 LAKHS. 3. THE LD. DR FAIRLY ADMITTED THAT IN THE PRESENT APPEAL BY THE DEPARTMENT TAX EFFECT IS LESS THAN RS.50 LAKHS. 4. BOTH SIDES HEARD. UNDISPUTEDLY, THE TAX EFFECT INVOLVED IN THIS APPEAL IS LESS THAN THE MONETARY LIMIT PRESCRIBED BY THE RECENT CBDT CIRCULAR NO.17/2019 [F NO.279/MISE.142/2007 - ITJ (PT)] DATED 08 - 08 - 2019 READ WITH CIRCULAR NO.3 OF 2018 DATED 11.07.2018 FOR FILING OF APPEALS BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL BY THE DEPARTMENT. THE CBDT VIDE CIRCULAR DATED 08.08.2019 (SUPRA.) HAS AMENDE D PARA 3 OF CIRCULAR NO.3 OF 2018 DATED 11.07.2018 THEREBY ENHANCING MONETARY LIMIT OF TAX EFFECT FROM RS.20 LAKHS TO RS.50 LAKHS FOR FILING APPEALS BY THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL. THUS, WITHOUT GOING INTO MERIT OF THE ISSUES RAISED IN THE APPEAL, IN VIEW OF THE CBDT CIRCULAR (SUPRA) THE PRESENT APPEAL OF THE REVENUE IS DISMISSED ON ACCOUNT OF LOW TAX EFFECT. 5. BEFORE PARTING, WE CLARIFY HERE THAT THE REVENUE SHALL BE AT LIBERTY TO APPROACH THE TRIBUNAL FOR RESTORATION OF APPEAL, WITH THE REQUI SITE MATERIAL TO 3 ITA NO. 429 /PUN/20 18 A.Y. 2014 - 15 SHOW THAT THE APPEAL IS PROTECTED BY THE EXCEPTIONS PRESCRIBED IN PARA 10 OF THE CIRCULAR DATED 11 - 07 - 2018 AND ITS AMENDMENT DATED 20 - 08 - 2018. 6. IN THE RESULT, APPEAL OF THE REVENUE IS DISMISSED. ORDER PRO NOUNCED ON 31 ST DAY OF MA Y , 20 2 1 . S D/ - S D/ - INTURI RAMA RAO PARTHA SARATHI CHAUDHURY ACCOUNTANT MEMBER JUDICIAL MEMBER / PUNE; / DATED : 31 ST MA Y , 202 1 SB / COPY OF THE ORDER FORWARDED TO : 1. / THE APPELLANT. 2. / THE RESPONDENT. 3. THE CIT(APPEALS) - 2, KOLHAPUR. 4. THE PR. CIT - 2, KOLHAPUR. 5. , , , / DR, ITAT, A BENCH, PUNE. 6 . / GUARD FILE. / BY ORDER, // T RUE C OPY // / PRIVATE SECRETARY , / ITAT, PUNE . 4 ITA NO. 429 /PUN/20 18 A.Y. 2014 - 15 DATE 1 DRAFT DICTATED ON 27.05 .202 1 SR.PS/PS 2 DRAFT PLACED BEFORE AUTHOR 31 . 05 .202 1 SR.PS/PS 3 DRAFT PROPOSED AND PLACED BEFORE THE SECOND MEMBER JM/AM 4 DRAFT DISCUSSED/APPROVED BY SECOND MEMBER AM/JM 5 APPROVED DRAFT COMES TO THE SR. PS/PS SR.PS/PS 6 KEPT FOR PRONOUNCEMENT ON SR.PS/PS 7 DATE OF UPLOADING OF ORDER SR.PS/PS 8 FILE SENT TO BENCH CLERK SR.PS/PS 9 DATE ON WHICH THE FILE GOES TO THE HEAD CLERK 10 DATE ON WHICH FILE GOES TO THE A.R 11 DATE OF DISPATCH OF ORDER