ACIT, New Delhi V. Sh. Vivek Arora, New Delhi

ITA 5792/DEL/2015

• Counselvise Citation: [2017] 127 COUNSELVISE.COM (IT) 5169 (ITAT-DELHI)
• Duration Of Justice: 1 year(s) 9 month(s) 27 day(s)
• Appeal Type: Income Tax Appeal
• Pronouncement Date: 18-08-2017
• Appeal Filed By: Department
• Order Result: Dismissed
• Bench Allotted: G
• Assessment Year: 2010-2011
• Appeal Filed On: 21-10-2015
• Result in Favour of: Assessee
• Court: TRIBUNAL
• Department Lawyers: S S RANA
• Keywords: Retrospective amendment; Tax effect

Judgement Text

IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL DELHI BENCH : G , NEW DELHI BEFORE SH. I.C. SUDHIR , JUDICIAL M EMBER AND SH. O.P. KANT , ACCOUNTANT MEMBER ITA NO. 5792 /DE L/ 2015 ASSESSMENT YEAR : 2010 - 11 ACIT, CIRCLE - 28(1), ROOM NO. 1001, E - 2 BLOCK, 10 TH FLOOR, CIVIC CENTER, J.L.N. MARG, NEW DELHI VS. SH. VIVEK ARORA, E - 47/6, OKHLA INDUSTRIAL AREA, NEW DELHI PAN : AAEPA 2970JK (APPELLANT) (RESPONDENT) APPELLANT BY SH. S.S. RANA, CIT(DR) RESPONDENT BY NONE DATE OF HEARING 17.08.2017 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT 18.08.2017 ORDER PER O.P. KANT , A. M. : THIS APPEAL BY THE REVENUE IS DIRECTED AGAINST THE ORDER OF LEARNED COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (APPEALS) - 10 , NEW DELHI, DATED 09.04.2013 IN RELATION TO ASSESSMENT YEAR 2010 - 11 . 2. WE HAVE HEARD BOTH THE PARTIES AND PERUSED THE RELEVANT MATERIAL ON RECORD. IT IS NOTICED THAT THE CBDT HAS ISSUED CIRCULAR NO. 21 OF 2015 DATED 10.12.2015 WITH RETROSPECTIVE EFFECT, REVISING THE MONETARY LIMIT TO RS.10,00,000/ - FOR NOT FILING APPEALS BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL. LEARNED CIT(DR) COULD NOT CONTROVERT THE FACT THAT TAX EFFECT INVOLVED IN THE APPEAL IS LESS THAN RS.10,00,000/ - . 2 ITA NO. 5792/DEL/2015 3. FROM PARA 10 OF THE ABOVE CIRCULAR, IT IS PALPABLE THAT THE INSTRUCTION IS APPL ICABLE TO THE PENDING APPEALS ALSO WITH RETROSPECTIVE EFFECT AND THERE IS A CLEAR - CUT DIRECTION TO THE DEPARTMENT TO WITHDRAW OR NOT PRESS SUCH APPEALS FILED BEFORE THE ITAT, WHEREIN TAX EFFECT IS LESS THAN RS.10,00,000/ - . GOING BY THE PRESCRIPTION OF THE AFORE - NOTED CIRCULAR, WE ARE OF THE VIEW THAT THE REVENUE SHOULD HAVE EITHER NOT FILED THE INSTANT APPEAL BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL OR WITHDRAWN THE SAME AS THE TAX EFFECT IN THIS APPEAL IS ADMITTEDLY LESS THAN THE PRESCRIBED LIMIT I.E. RS. 10,00,000/ - FOR NOT F ILING THE APPEAL. ACCORDINGLY , WE DISMISS THE INSTANT APPEAL W ITHOUT GOING INTO MERITS OF THE CASE. HOWEVER, THE DEPARTMENT IS AT LIBERTY TO FILE THE MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION, IF THE TAX EFFECT IS FOUND TO BE MORE THAN THE PRESCRIBED LIMITED OF RS. 10 LAC S OR OTHERWISE. 4. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL OF THE REVENUE STANDS DISMISSED. THE DECISION IS PRONOUN CED IN THE OPEN COURT ON 1 8 T H AUGUST , 201 7 . S D / - S D / - ( I.C. S UDHIR ) ( O.P. KANT ) JUDICIAL MEMBER ACCOUNTANT MEMBER DATED: 1 8 T H AUGUST , 201 7 . RK / - (D.T.D) COPY FORWARDED TO: 1 . APPELLANT 2 . RESPONDENT 3 . CIT 4 . CIT(A) 5 . DR ASST. REGISTRAR, ITAT, NEW DELHI