DCIT, New Delhi V. Global Opticals Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi

ITA 5539/DEL/2013

• Counselvise Citation: [2015] 140 COUNSELVISE.COM (IT) 91221 (ITAT-DELHI)
• Duration Of Justice: 1 year(s) 8 month(s) 7 day(s)
• Appeal Type: Income Tax Appeal
• Pronouncement Date: 17-06-2015
• Appeal Filed By: Department
• Order Result: Dismissed
• Bench Allotted: C
• Next Hearing Date: 17-06-2015
• Assessment Year: 2004-2005
• Appeal Filed On: 10-10-2013
• Result in Favour of: Assessee
• Court: TRIBUNAL
• Department Lawyers: VED PRAKASH MISHRA
• Assessee Lawyers: MEGHA BHASIN
• Keywords: Tax effect

Judgement Text

IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL DELHI BENCH C , NEW DELHI BEFORE SH. N. K. SAINI, AM AND SH. GEORGE GEORGE K. , JM ITA NO. 5539 /DEL/2013 : ASSTT. YEAR : 2004 - 05 DCIT, CIRCLE - 12(1), NEW DELHI VS GLOBAL OPTICALS PVT. LTD., 153, VASANT ENCLAVE, NEW DELHI - 110057 (APPELLANT) (RESPONDENT) PAN NO. AA BCG0280E ASSESSEE BY : MS. MEGHA BHASIN, CA REVENUE BY : SH . VED PRAKASH MISHRA , SR. DR DATE OF HEARING : 17 . 06 .2015 DATE O F PRONOU NCEMENT : 17 .06 .2015 ORDER PER N.K . SAINI , A.M. THIS APPEAL BY THE DEPARTMENT IS DIRECTED AGAINST THE ORDER DATED 12.07 .2013 OF THE LD. CIT(A) - X V , NEW DELHI . 2 . DURING THE COURSE OF HEARING, THE LEARNED COUNSEL FOR THE ASSESSEE AT THE VERY OUTSET STATED THAT THE TAX EFFECT IN THIS APPEAL IS LESS THAN RS.4,00,000/ - , THEREFORE, THE DEPARTMENT OUGHT NOT TO HAVE FILED THIS APPEAL IN VIEW OF THE CIRCULAR ISSUED BY THE CBDT AND THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN SECTION 268A OF THE INCOME TAX ACT, 1961 (HEREINAFTER TO BE R EFERRED AS THE ACT). ITA NO.5539 /DE L/2013 GLOBAL OPTICALS PVT. LTD. 2 3 . ON THE OTHER HAND, THE LD. D.R., ALTHOUGH SUPPORTED THE ORDER OF THE ASSESSING OFFICER, BUT COULD NOT CONTROVERT THIS FACT THAT TAX EFFECT IN THIS APPEAL IS LESS THAN RS.4,00,000/ - . 4 . AFTER CONSIDERING THE SUBMISSIONS OF THE LD. D.R. AND THE MATERIAL ON RECORD, IT IS NOTICED THAT SECTION 268A HAS BEEN INSERTED BY THE FINANCE ACT, 2008 WITH RETRO SPECTIVE EFFECT FROM 01/04/99. THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN SECTION 268A READ AS UNDER: 268A. (1) THE BOARD MAY, FROM TIME TO TIME, ISSU E ORDERS, INSTRUCTIONS OR DIRECTIONS TO OTHER INCOME - TAX AUTHORITIES, FIXING SUCH MONETARY LIMITS AS IT MAY DEEM FIT, FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGULATING FILING OF APPEAL OR APPLICATION FOR REFERENCE BY ANY INCOME - TAX AUTHORITY UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPT ER. (2) WHERE, IN PURSUANCE OF THE ORDERS, INSTRUCTIONS OR DIRECTIONS ISSUED UNDER SUB - SECTION (1), AN INCOME - TAX AUTHORITY HAS NOT FILED ANY APPEAL OR APPLICATION FOR REFERENCE ON ANY ISSUE IN THE CASE OF AN ASSESSEE FOR ANY ASSESSMENT YEAR, IT SHALL NOT PRECLUDE SUCH AUTHORITY FROM FILING AN APPEAL OR APPLICATION FOR REFERENCE ON THE SAME ISSUE IN THE CASE OF (A) THE SAME ASSESSEE FOR ANY OTHER ASSESSMENT YEAR; OR ITA NO.5539 /DE L/2013 GLOBAL OPTICALS PVT. LTD. 3 ( B ) ANY OTHER ASSESSEE FOR THE SAME OR ANY OTHER ASSESSMENT YEAR. (3) NOTWITHSTANDING THAT NO APPEAL OR APPLICATION FOR REFERENCE HAS BEEN FILED BY AN INCOME - TAX AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO THE ORDERS OR INSTRUCTIONS OR DIRECTIONS ISSUED UNDER SUB - SECTION (1), IT SHALL NOT BE LAWFUL FOR AN ASSESSEE, BEING A PARTY IN ANY APPEAL OR REFERENCE, TO CONTEN D THAT THE INCOME - TAX AUTHORITY HAS ACQUIESCED IN THE DECISION ON THE DISPUTED ISSUE BY NOT FILING AN APPEAL OR APPLICATION FOR REFERENCE IN ANY CASE. (4) THE APPELLATE TRIBUNAL OR COURT, HEARING SUCH APPEAL OR REFERENCE, SHALL HAVE REGARD TO THE ORDERS, INSTRUCTIONS OR DIRECTIONS ISSUED UNDER SUB - SECTION (1) AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH SUCH APPEAL OR APPLICATION FOR REFERENCE WAS FILED OR NOT FILED IN RESPECT OF ANY CASE. (5) EVERY ORDER, INSTRUCTION OR DIRECTION WHICH HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE BOARD FIXING MONETARY LIMITS FOR FILING AN APPEAL OR APPLICATION FOR REFERENCE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN ISSUED UNDER SUB - SECTION (1) AND THE PROVISIONS OF SUB - SECTIONS (2), (3) AND (4) SHALL APPLY ACCORDINGLY. ] 5 . IT IS NOT IN DISPUTE THAT THE BOARD S INST RUCTION OR DIRECTIONS ISSUED TO THE INCOME - TAX AUTHORITIES ARE BINDING ON THOSE AUTHORITIES , THEREFORE , THE DEPARTMENT OUGHT NOT TO HAVE FILED THE APPEAL IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE SAID PROVISIONS MENTIONED IN SECTION 268A OF THE ACT SINCE THE ITA NO.5539 /DE L/2013 GLOBAL OPTICALS PVT. LTD. 4 TAX EFFECT IN THE INSTANT CASE IS LESS THAN THE AMOUNT PRESCRIBED FOR NOT FILING THE APPEAL. 6 . IT IS NOTICED THAT THE CBDT HAS ISSUED INSTRUCTION NO. 5 OF 2014 DATED 1 0.0 7.2014 , BY WHICH THE CBDT HAS REV ISED THE MONETARY LIMIT TO RS. 4 ,00,000/ - FOR FILING THE APPEAL BEFO RE THE TRIBUNAL. 7 . KEEPING IN VIEW THE CBDT INSTRUCTION NO. 5 OF 201 4 DATED 10 .0 7 .201 4 AND ALSO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 268A OF INCOME TAX ACT, 1961, WE ARE OF THE VIEW THAT THE REVENUE SHOULD NOT HAVE FILED THE INSTANT APPEAL BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL. WHI LE TAKING SUCH A VIEW, WE ARE FORTIFIED BY THE FOLLOWING DECISIONS OF HON'BLE PUNJAB & HARYANA HIGH COURT : - 1. CIT V OSCAR LABORATORIES P. LTD (2010) 324 ITR 115 (P&H) 2. CIT V ABINASH GUPTA (2010) 327 ITR 619 (P&H) 3. CIT V VARINDERA CONSTRUCTION CO. (2011) 331 I TR 449 (P&H)(FB) 8 . SIMILARLY THE HON BLE DELHI HIGH COURT IN THE CASE OF CIT V. DELHI RACE CLUB LTD. IN ITA NO.128/2008, ORDER DATED 03.03.2011 BY FOLLOWING THE EARLIER ORDER DATED 02.08.2010 IN ITA NO.179/1991 IN THE CASE OF CIT DELHI - ITA NO.5539 /DE L/2013 GLOBAL OPTICALS PVT. LTD. 5 III V. M/S. P.S. J AIN & CO. HELD THAT SUCH CIRCULAR WOULD ALSO BE APPLICABLE TO PENDING CASES. 9 . FROM THE RATIO LAID DOWN BY THE HON BLE DELHI HIGH COURT, IT IS CLEAR THAT THE INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED IN THE CIRCULARS BY CBDT ARE APPLICABLE FOR PENDING CASES ALSO. THEREFORE , BY KEEPING IN VIEW THE RATIO LAID DOWN IN THE AFORESAID REFERRED TO CASES, WE ARE OF THE CONSIDERED VIEW THAT INSTRUCTION NO. 5 /1 4 DATED 1 0.0 7 .201 4 ISSUED BY THE CBDT ARE APPLICABLE FOR THE PENDING CASES ALSO AND IN THE SAID INSTRUCTIONS, MONETARY TAX LIM IT FOR NOT FILING THE APPEAL BEFORE THE ITAT IS RS. 4 .00 LAKH S. 10 . IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE, WITHOUT GOING INTO MERITS OF THE CASE, WE DISMISS THE APPEAL FILED BY THE REVENUE. 1 1 . IN THE RESULT, APPEAL OF THE REVENUE STAND DISMISSED . ( ORDER PRON OUNCED IN TH E COURT ON 17 /0 6 / 2015) . SD/ - SD/ - (GEORGE GEORGE K. ) ( N. K. SAINI ) JUDICIAL MEMBER ACCOUNTANT MEMBER DATED: 17 /06 /2015 *SUBODH* COPY FORWARDED TO: 1. APPELLANT 2. RESPONDENT 3. CIT 4. CIT(APPEALS) 5. DR: ITAT ASSIS TANT REGISTRAR