ITO, New Delhi V. M/s. Zever Tower Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi

ITA 6548/DEL/2014

• Counselvise Citation: [2017] 127 COUNSELVISE.COM (IT) 3692 (ITAT-DELHI)
• Duration Of Justice: 2 year(s) 10 month(s) 15 day(s)
• Appeal Type: Income Tax Appeal
• Pronouncement Date: 18-10-2017
• Appeal Filed By: Department
• Order Result: Dismissed
• Bench Allotted: H
• Assessment Year: 2010-2011
• Appeal Filed On: 03-12-2014
• Result in Favour of: Assessee
• Court: TRIBUNAL
• Assessee Lawyers: AMIT GOEL
• Keywords: Unexplained cash credit; Business income; Depreciation; Business expenditure
• Section: 143(3); 131; 68

Judgement Text

IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL DELHI BENCH C, NEW DELHI BEFORE SHRI H.S. SIDHU, JUDICIAL MEMBER AND SHRI L.P. SAHU, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER I.T.A. NO.6548/DEL/2014 A.Y. : 2010-11 INCOME TAX OFFICER, WARD 27(4), C.R. BUILDING, NEW DELHI VS. M/S ZEVER TOWER PVT. LTD. 202, AGGARWAL CYBER PLAZA, NETAJI SUBHASH PLACE, PITAMPURA, NEW DELHI 34 (PAN: AAACZ1508M) (ASSESSEE) (RESPONDENT) REVENUE BY : SH. ARUN KUMAR YADAV, SR. DR ASSESSEE BY : SH. AMIT GOEL, CA ORDER PER H.S. SIDHU : JM THE REVENUE HAS FILED THIS APPEAL AGAINST THE IMP UGNED ORDER DATED 04.9.2014 OF THE LD. CIT(A)-XXI, NEW DELHI RE LEVANT TO ASSESSMENT YEAR 2010-11. 2. THE GROUNDS RAISED IN THIS APPEAL READ AS UNDER: - 1. ON THE FACTS AND IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CA SE, THE LD. CIT(A) ERRED IN DIRECTING THE AO TO ASSESS THE RENTAL INCOME AS BUSINESS INCOME AS CLAIMED BY THE ASSESSEE. 2. ON THE FACTS AND IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CAS E, THE LD. CIT(A) ERRED IN DELETING THE ADDITION / DISALLOWANCE OF RS. 38,12,230/- UNDER THE HEAD INTEREST EXPENSES, RS. 4,20,000/- UNDER THE HEAD SALARY AND WAGES AS BUSINESS EXPENSES, RS. 2 1,56,000/- UNDER THE HEAD DIRECTORS REMUNERATION AND RS. 4,97,287/- UNDER THE HEAD DEPRECIATION. 3. ON THE FACTS AND IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CAS E, THE LD. CIT(A) ERRED IN DELETING THE ADDITION OF RS . 30,00,000/- MADE BY AO AS UNEXPLAINED CASH CREDIT U/S. 68. 4. THE APPELLANT CRAVES, LEAVE FOR RESERVING THE RI GHT TO AMEND, MODIFY, ALTER ADD OR FOREGO ANY GROUND(S) OF APPEAL AT ANY TIME BEFORE OR DURING THE HEARING OF APPEAL. 2. THE BRIEF FACTS OF THE CASE ARE THAT ASSESSEE CO MPANY FILED ITS RETURN OF INCOME DECLARING INCOME OF RS. 3,57,080/- . NOTICE U/S. 143(2) OF THE INCOME TAX ACT, 1961 (HEREINAFTER REFERRED A S THE ACT) WAS ISSUED AND IN RESPONSE THERETO THE ASSESSEES A.R. ATTENDE D THE HEARING FROM TIME TO TIME. THE ASSESSEE IS IN THE BUSINESS OF REAL ESTATE AND PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT AND PURCHASE AND SALE OF LANDS AND FLAT S ETC. DURING THE YEAR THE ASSESSEE HAD RECEIVED THE RENTAL INCOME OF RS. 49,20,000/- WHICH THE ASSESSEE HAD DECLARED AS INCOME FROM REAL ESTATE BUSINESS. THE AO TREATED THE RENTAL INCOME AS INCOME FROM HOUSE P ROPERTY U/S. 22 OF THE ACT AND HAS ALLOWED THE STATUTORY DEDUCTION U/S . 24 OF THE ACT. FURTHER THE AO HAS DISALLOWED ALL THE BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES MAINLY ON THE GROUND THAT THE ASSESSEE IS NOT IN BUSINESS BUT IN INVESTMENT. AO FURTHER NOTED THAT ASSESSEE HAD COL LECTED SHARE APPLICATION OF RS. 68,30,000/- WHICH INCLUDED SHARE CAPITAL OF RS. 21,70,000/- AND SHARE PREMIUM OF RS. 46,60,000/-. THE ASSESSEE HAD COLLECTED THE SHARE CAPITAL WITH PREMIUM OF RS. 90/ - PER SHARE ON THE FACE VALUE OF RS. 10/- FROM 07 SHAREHOLDERS OUT OF WHICH THE AO HAS MADE THE 3 ADDITION OF RS. 30,00,000/- UNDER THE HEAD UNEXPLAI NED CASH CREDIT FROM THE SHARE CAPITAL OF NEW CREATION FUELS PVT. LTD. O F RS. 20,00,000/- AND ARYAN INFRA EQUIPMENT PVT. LTD. OF RS. 10,000/- MAI NLY ON THE GROUND OF UNSATISFACTORY SOURCE OF THE MONEY. ACCORDINGLY, T HE AO ASSESSED THE INCOME OF THE ASSESSEE AT RS. 64,42,302/- VIDE HIS ASSESSMENT ORDER DATED 30.3.2013 PASSED U/S. 143(3) OF THE ACT. A GAINST THE SAID ASSESSMENT ORDER, ASSESSEE APPEALED BEFORE THE LD. CIT(A), NEW DELHI, WHO VIDE HIS IMPUGNED ORDER DATED 04.9.2014 HAS ALL OWED THE APPEAL OF THE ASSESSEE. AGGRIEVED WITH THE ORDER OF THE LD. C IT(A), THE REVENUE IS IN APPEAL BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL. 3. LD. DR RELIED UPON THE ORDER OF THE AO AND REITE RATED THE CONTENTIONS RAISED IN THE GROUNDS OF APPEAL. IN SUP PORT OF HIS CONTENTION, HE FILED THE WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS, WHICH READ AS UND ER:- SUB: WRITTEN SUBMISSION IN THE ABOVE CASE- REG. GROUNDS OF APPEAL 1 & 2 : CIT(A) ERRED IN DIRECTING AO TO TREAT RENTAL INCOME AS BUSINESS INCOME AND IN DELETING BUSINESS ADDITION MADE BY THE AO BY DISALLOWING BUSINESS EXPENSES. FACTS 1) ASSESSEE CLAIMED THAT IT IS IN THE BUSINESS OF JEWELLERY AND REAL STATE BUT FACTS OF THE CASE PROV E THAT 4 THE ASSESSEE DID NOT DO ANY BUSINESS DURING THE YEA R UNDER REFERENCE AND IN PREVIOUS YEARS ALSO. 2) AS PER P&L ALC ASSESSEE SHOWS RECEIPT OF RS. 7.9 LACS FROM TRADING IN JEWELLERY, RS. 48,000/- AS MISCELLANEOUS INCOME AND RS. 49.2 LACS AS INCOME FR OM REAL ESTATE BUSINESS. HOWEVER RS. 49.2 LACS IS NOTH ING BUT RENT RECEIVED FROM RELIANCE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY BY LEASE OF UNIT NO. 202, 2 ND FLOOR, AGGARWAL CYBER PLAZA-1, PITARNPURA, DELHI. 3) FOR JEWELLERY BUSINESS THE ASSESSEE HAS SHOWN ONLY 3 PURCHASES IN LAST WEEK OF MARCH AND 2 SALES OUT OF WHICH ONE IS CASH SALE. AO HAS ANALYZED THE SO C ALLED JEWELLERY BUSINESS OF THE ASSESSEE FROM F.Y 2007-08 TO F.Y 2010-11 AND FOUND THAT THE ASSESSEE COMPANY SAL ES 100 GRAMS GOLD AND 100 CARATS DIAMOND EVERY YEAR. DURING F.Y 2008-09, NO SALE WAS WADE. 4) FROM THE SAME BUILDING ASSESSEE'S ASSOCIATED CONCERN M/S ZEVER RUNNING BIG BUSINESS OF JEWELLERY . 5) ASSESSEE HAS NO SHOWROOM/SHOP WHICH IS ESSENTIAL IN JEWELLERY BUSINESS. 6) MINUTES OF AGM OF THE COMPANY SHOWS THAT THE ASSESSEE HAD PURCHASED GOLD FOR LONG TERM INVESTMEN T 5 PURPOSES, RELEVANT PORTION OF MINUTES IS REPRODUCED AS UNDER: (I) ASSESSEE TOOK LOANS OF RS. 2.94 CR. BY MORTGAGING THE PROPERTY FROM WHICH IT IS GETTING RENT OUT OF THIS LOAN AMOUNT, THE ASSESSEE HAS INVESTED IN PROPERTIES AND GOLD. (II) NONE OF PROPERTY WAS SOLD DURING THE YEAR UNDER REFERENCE AS WELL AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS FROM INCORPORATION OF COMPANY TILL DATE. (III) INTEREST IS BEING PAID EVERY YEAR AGAINST TH E LOAN TAKEN IN INVESTED IN THE PROPERTIES AND BEING CLAIMED AS BUSINESS EXPENDITURE AGAINST THE RENTAL INCOME. FROM THE FACTS OF THE CASE IT APPEARS THAT THE ASSESSEE IS NOT DOING ANY BUSINESS BUT CLAIMING BUSINESS EXPENDITURE AGAINST RENTAL INCOME. THUS, AO HAS RIGHTLY DISALLOWED ALL BUSINESS EXPENDITURE AND TREATED RENTAL INCOME AS INCOME FROM HOUSE PROPERTY ALLOWING 30 % OF DEDUCTION AGAINST RENTAL INCOME. 6 LD. CIT(A) HAS NOT REBUTTED THE FINDING OF THE AO AND DELETED THE ADDITION ARBITRARILY WHICH IS NOT J USTIFIED AT ALL. GROUNDS OF APPEAL 3: CIT(A) ERRED IN DELETING ADDITION MADE BY THE AO U/S 68. FACTS 1) ASSESSEE COMPANY RAISED SHARE CAPITAL OF RS. 85 LACS DURING THE YEAR BY ALLOTTING ITS SHARES TO 7 D IFFERENT PARTIES. 2) ALL THESE PARTIES WERE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS OF THE DIRECTORS, ACCEPT TWO CORPORATE PARTIES:- (I) NEW CREATION FUELS PVT. LTD. (II) ARYAN INFRA EQUIPMENT PVT. LTD. 3) PREMIUM OF RS. 90/- PER SHARE WERE TAKEN FROM THESE TWO PARTIES WHEREAS NO SUCH PREMIUM WAS TAKEN FROM OTHER ALLOTTEES. 4) THESE INVESTORS LATER TRANSFERRED BACK THE SHA RES TO AN ASSOCIATE ENTITY OF THE DIRECTOR OF ASSESSEE COM PANY AT FACE VALUE. 5) IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE FACTS AO NOTICE THAT ABOVE TWO CORPORATE ARE DOUBTFUL. THUS HE ASKED THE ASSES SEE 7 TO PRODUCE THE DIRECTORS OF THE TWO COMPANIES. ASSE SSEE COULD NOT PRODUCE THE BEFORE THE AO. 6) AO ISSUED SUMMONS U/S 131 (1) TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANIES HOWEVER THESE SUMMONS WERE NOT COMPLIED BY THESE ALLEGED APPLICANTS. 7) AO HAS NOTICED THAT BANK ACCOUNT OF THE APPLICAN T COMPANIES JUST SHOW ROUTING OF MONEY, AND NO BUSINE SS ACTIVITIES. TOTAL TURNOVER OF ARYAN INFRA EQUIPMENT P. LTD WAS OF RS. 32, 725/- WHEREAS TOTAL TURNOVER OF ANOTHER APPLICANT I.E. NEW CREATION FUEL PVT. LTD W AS OF RS. 33,065/-. THUS IT IS PROVED THAT CREDITWORTHINE SS OF THESE CREDITORS WAS VERY DOUBTFUL. ASSESSEE COULD NOT PROVED IDENTITY OF THE CREDITORS/SHARE APPLICANT, GENUINENESS OF TRANSACTI ON AND CREDITWORTHINESS OF THE APPLICANTS. THUS AO HAS RIGHTLY MADE ADDITION OF RS. 30 LACS U/S 68 OF THE LT. ACT. CIT(A) HAS NOT REBUTTED THE FINDING OF THE AO AND J UST DELETED THE ADDITION IN A ROUTINE MANNER. IN THE ABOVE CASE, IT IS HUMBLY SUBMITTED THAT THE FOLLOWING DECISIONS MAY KINDLY BE CONSIDERED WITH REGARD TO ADDITION MADE U/S 68 OF LT. ACT: 8 1. CIT VS NIPUN BUILDERS & DEVELOPERS (P.) LTD (30 TAXMANN.COM 292, 214 TAXMAN 429, 350 ITR 407, 256 CTR 34) (COPY ENCLOSED) WHERE HON'BLE DELHI HIGH COURT HELD THAT WHERE ASSESSEE FAILED TO PROVE IDENTITY AND CAPACITY OF SUBSCRIBER COMPANIES TO PAY SHARE APPLICATION MONEY , AMOUNT SO RECEIVED WAS LIABLE TO BE TAXED UNDER SEC TION 68. IT WOULD NOT BE CORRECT TO STATE THAT AO SHOULD GET THE ADDRESSES FROM REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES WEBSITE O R SEARCH FOR THE ADDRESSES OF THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY WITH THEM. SIMILARLY, CREDIT WORTHINESS WAS NOT PROVED BY MERE ISSUE OF CHEQUE OR BY FURNISHING A COPY OF STATEMEN T OF BANK ACCOUNT. CIRCUMSTANCES MIGHT REQUIRE THAT THER E SHOULD BE SOME EVIDENCE OF POSITIVE NATURE TO SHOW THAT THE SAID SUBSCRIBERS HAD MADE A GENUINE INVESTMENT ACTED AS ANGEL INVESTORS, AFTER DUE DILIGENCE OR FO R PERSONAL REASONS. 2. CIT VS ULTRA MODERN EXPORTS (P.) LTD (40 TAXMANN.COM 458, 220 TAXMAN 165) (COPY ENCLOSED) WHERE HON'BLE DELHI HIGH COURT HELD THAT WHERE IN O RDER TO ASCERTAIN GENUINENESS OF ASSESSEE'S CLAIM RELATI NG TO RECEIPT OF SHARE APPLICATION MONEY, ASSESSING OFFIC ER 9 SENT NOTICES TO SHARE APPLICANTS WHICH RETURNED UNSERVED, HOWEVER, ASSESSEE STILL MANAGED TO SECURE DOCUMENTS SUCH AS THEIR INCOME TAX RETURNS AS WELL AS BANK ACCOUNT PARTICULARS, IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES, ASSESSING OFFICER WAS JUSTIFIED IN DRAWING ADVERSE INFERENCE AND ADDING AMOUNT IN QUESTION TO ASSESSEE 'S TAXABLE INCOME UNDER SECTION 68. 3. CIT VS FROSTAIR (P.) LTD (26 TAXMANN.COM 11, 210 TAXMAN 221) (COPY ENCLOSED) WHERE HON'BLE DELHI HIGH COURT HELD THAT WHERE DETA ILS FURNISHED BY ASSESSEE ABOUT SHARE APPLICANTS WERE INCORRECT, ADDITION UNDER SECTION 68 WAS PROPER. 4. CIT VS N R PORTFOLIO PVT LTD (29 TAXMANN.COM 291 ) (COPY ENCLOSED) WHERE HON'BLE DELHI HIGH COURT HELD THAT IF AO DOUB TS THE DOCUMENTS PRODUCED BY ASSESSEE, THE ONUS SHIFTS ON ASSESSEE TO FURTHER SUBSTANTIATE THE FACTS OR PRODU CE THE SHARE APPLICANT IN PROCEEDING. MERE PRODUCTION OF INCORPORATION DETAILS, PAN NOS. OR FACT THAT THIRD PERSON OR COMPANY HAD FILED INCOME TAX DETAILS IN CASE OF PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANY MAY NOT BE SUFFICIENT WHEN SURROUNDING AND ATTENDING FACTS PREDICATE A COVER U P. THESE FACTS REFLECT AND INDICATE PROPER PAPER WORK OR 10 DOCUMENTATION BUT GENUINENESS, CREDITWORTHINESS, IDENTITY ARE DEEPER AND OBTRUSIVE. 4. ON THE CONTRARY, LD. COUNSEL OF THE ASSESSEE REL IED UPON THE ORDER OF THE LD. CIT(A) AND ALSO RELIED UPON THE DECISI ON OF THE HONBLE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA IN THE CASE OF CHENNAI PROPE RTIES & INVESTMENTS LTD. VS. CIT REPORTED [2015] 56 TAXMANN.COM 456 (SC ) IN SUPPORT OF ARGUMENT RELATING TO GROUND NO. 1 AND FILED THE COP Y OF THE SAID DECISION BEFORE US. 5. WE HAVE HEARD BOTH THE PARTIES AND PERUSED THE R ELEVANT RECORDS, ESPECIALLY THE IMPUGNED ORDER AND THE WRITTEN SUBMI SSIONS AND THE CASE LAW CITED BY BOTH THE PARTIES. WITH REGARD TO GROU ND NO. 1 RELATING TO ASSESSING THE RENTAL INCOME AS BUSINESS INCOME AS CLAIMED BY THE ASSESSEE IS CONCERNED, WE FIND THAT ASSESSEE HAD F ILED THE RETURN INCOME OF RS. 3,57,0899/- AND THE CASE WAS TAKEN UP FOR SCRUTINY. SHRI GHANSHYAM AGRAWAL AND SMT. ANITA GUPTA ARE THE DIRE CTORS OF THE COMPANY. THE ASSESSEE IS IN THE BUSINESS OF REAL ES TATE AND PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT AND PURCHASE AND SALE OF LANDS AND FLAT S ETC. DURING THE YEAR THE ASSESSEE HAD RECEIVED THE RENTAL INCOME OF RS. 49,20,000/- WHICH THE ASSESSEE HAD DECLARED AS INCOME FROM REAL ESTATE BUSINESS. THE AO HAS TREATED THE RENTAL INCOME AS INCOME FROM HOUSE PROPERTY U/S 22 AND HAS ALLOWED THE STATUTORY DEDUCTION U/S 24. AGAINST THE AOS ACTION, THE ASSESSEE FILED THE APPEAL BEFORE THE L D. CIT(A) AND SUBMITTED THAT THE AO IS NOT JUSTIFIED TO ASSESS TH E BUSINESS INCOME FROM 11 THE RENTAL INCOME AS HOUSE PROPERTY INCOME, BECAUSE THE ASSESSEE IS IN THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS AND ALL THE INCOME ARE PAR T OF THE BUSINESS ACTIVITY OF THE ASSESSEE AND ACCORDINGLY THE INCOME OF THE ASSESSEE SHOULD BE ASSESSED AS NORMAL BUSINESS INCOME. WE FU RTHER FIND THAT THERE IS NO PROPER JUSTIFICATION IN THE ORDER OF TH E AO FOR CONVERTING THE RENTAL INCOME FROM THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS TO HOUS E PROPERTY INCOME AND ALLOW STATUTORY DEDUCTION U/S 24 @ 30%. WE NOTE THAT THE ASSESSEE IS IN THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS AND ALSO IN THE JEWE LLERY BUSINESS AND AS SUCH THE INCOME OF THE ASSESSEE IS TO BE ASSESSED A S BUSINESS INCOME. MOREOVER, IF THE ACTION OF THE AO IS CONFIRMED THE ASSESSEE WILL BE CLAIMING ADDITIONAL DEDUCTION U/S 24 @ 30% IN ADDIT ION TO THE BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES AS THE ASSESSEE IS IN T HE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS AND THE INCOME OF THE ASSESSEE WILL BE ASS ESSED LOWER THAN THE RETURNED INCOME. IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE, WE ARE OF TH E VIEW THAT THAT THERE IS NO PROPER JUSTIFICATION FOR CHANGING THE H EAD OF INCOME WHICH WILL RESULT IN REDUCTION OF RETURN INCOME AND ACCOR DINGLY THE LD. CIT(A) HAS RIGHTLY DIRECTED THE AO TO ASSESS THE RENTAL I NCOME AS BUSINESS INCOME AS CLAIMED BY THE ASSESSEE, WHICH DOES NOT N EED ANY INTERFERENCE ON OUR PART, HENCE, WE UPHOLD THE ACTI ON OF THE LD. CIT(A) ON THE ISSUE IN DISPUTE AND REJECT THE GROUND NO. 1 RAISED BY THE REVENUE. THIS VIEW IS FORTIFIED BY THE DECISION OF THE HONBLE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA IN THE CASE OF CHENNAI PROPERTIES & INVESTMENTS LTD. VS. CIT REPORTED [2015] 56 TAXMANN.COM 456 (SC) WHEREIN , IT HAS BEEN OBSERVED THAT SECTION 28(I), READ WITH SECTION 22, OF THE INCOME TAX 12 ACT, 1961 BUSINESS INCOME CHARGEABLE AS (LETTIN G OUT OF PROPERTIES) WHETHER WHERE IN TERMS OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION , MAIN OBJECT OF ASSESSEE-COMPANY WAS TO ACQUIRE PROPERTIES AND EARN INCOME BY LETTING OUT SAME, SAID INCOME WAS TO BE BROUGHT TO TAX AS B USINESS INCOME AND NOT AS INCOME FROM HOUSE PROPERTY. (HEADS NOTES ONLY) . 5.1 APROPOS GROUND NO. 2 RELATING TO DELETION OF A DDITION/DISALLOWANCE OF RS. 38,12,230/- UNDER THE HEAD INTEREST EXPENSE S, RS. 4,20,000/- UNDER THE HEAD SALARY AND WAGES AS BUSINESS EXPENSE S, RS. 1,56,000/- UNDER THE HEAD DIRECTORS REMUNERATION AND RS. 4,97 ,287/- UNDER THE HEAD DEPRECIATION IS CONCERNED, WE FIND THAT AO HAS DISALLOWED ALL THE BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES MAINLY ON THE GROUND THAT THE ASSESSEE IS NOT IN BUSINESS BUT IN INVESTMENT. IN A PPEAL BEFORE THE LD. CIT(A), ASSESSEE HAS SUBMITTED THAT THE AO IS NOT J USTIFIED TO DISALLOW ALL THE BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES WITHOUT AN Y VALID REASONS, BECAUSE THE ASSESSE IS IN THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS AND ALSO IN THE JEWELLERY BUSINESS AND AS SUCH THE AO IS NOT JUSTIF IED TO DISALLOW ALL THE EXPENSES EXCEPT RS.50,OOO/- WHICH HAS BEEN ALLOWED BY THE AO AS AN EXPENDITURE. IT IS AN ADMITTED FACT THAT ASSESSEE IS EVIDENTLY IN THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS AND ALSO IN JEWELLERY BUSINESS AND AS SUCH THE ASSESSEE IS ELIGIBLE FOR DEDUCTION OF ALL THE BUSINESS EXPEN SES AND THE DEPRECIATION ETC. AND ACCORDINGLY, LD. CIT(A) HAS RIGHTLY DELETE D ALL THE ADDITIONS/DISALLOWANCES MADE BY THE AO, WHICH DOES NOT NEED ANY INTERFERENCE ON OUR PART, HENCE, WE UPHOLD THE SAME AND REJECT THE GROUND NO. 2 RAISED BY THE REVENUE. 13 5.2 AS REGARDS GROUND NO. 3 RELATING TO DELETION OF ADDITION OF RS. 30,00,000/- MADE BY THE AO AS UNEXPLAINED CASH CRED IT U/S. 68 OF THE ACT IS CONCERNED, WE FIND THAT ASSESSEE HAD COLLE CTED SHARE APPLICATION OF RS. 68,30,000/- WHICH INCLUDED SHARE CAPITAL OF RS. 21,70,000/- AND SHARE PREMIUM OF RS. 46,60,000/-, THE ASSESSEE HAD COLLECTED THE SHARE CAPITAL WITH THE PREMIUM OF RS. 90/- PER SHARE ON T HE FACE VALUE OF RS. 10/- FROM 07 SHAREHOLDERS OUT OF WHICH THE AO H AS MADE THE ADDITION OF RS.30,OO,OO/- UNDER THE HEAD UNEXPLAINE D CASH CREDIT FROM THE SHARE CAPITAL OF NEW CREATION FUELS PVT LTD. OF RS. 20,00,000/- AND ARYAN INFRA EQUIPMENT PVT LTD. OF RS. 10,00,000/- M AINLY ON THE GROUND OF UNSATISFACTORY SOURCE OF THE MONEY. AGAINST THE AOS ACTION, THE ASSESSEE APPEALED BEFORE THE LD. CIT(A) AND STATED THAT THE AO WAS NOT JUSTIFIED TO MAKE THE SELECTIVE ADDITION OF SHARE C APITAL OF TWO SHAREHOLDERS OUT OF THE 07 SHAREHOLDERS WITHOUT ANY VALID REASONS. IT WAS ALSO SUBMITTED THAT ALL THE SHARE CAPITAL HAS B EEN RECEIVED FROM OTHER ASSESSEES HAVING VALID PAN NUMBERS AND HAVING FILED THEIR I.T RETURNS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CASES. WE NOTE THAT IN THIS CASE THE SHARE CAPITAL MONEY HAS BEEN RECEIVED THROUGH THE BANKING CHANNEL AND ALL THE DETAILS AND CONFIRMATIONS OF THE PARTIES WERE SUBMI TTED BEFORE THE AO BUT THE AO HAS SELECTIVELY MADE THE ADDITION OF RS. 30,00,000/- IN THE CASE OF TWO SHARE HOLDERS ONLY WITHOUT ANY VALID RE ASONS, WHICH IS NOT PERMISSIBLE UNDER THE LAW. WE FURTHER NOTE THAT NO MATERIAL EVIDENCE HAS BEEN COLLECTED AGAINST THE ASSESSEE FOR MAKING THE SELECTIVE ADDITION OF THE TWO SHAREHOLDERS OF THE SHARE CAPITAL OF RS. 30 ,00,000/-ONLY OUT OF 14 TOTAL SHARE CAPITAL OF RS. 68,30,000/- AND ACCORDIN GLY THE ADDITION MADE BY THE AO WAS RIGHTLY DELETED BY THE LD. CIT(A), W HICH DOES NOT NEED ANY INTERFERENCE ON OUR PART, HENCE, WE UPHOLD THE SAME AND REJECT THE GROUND NO. 3 RAISED BY THE REVENUE. 6. WE FURTHER FIND THAT THE CASE LAWS CITED BY THE LD. DR ARE NOT APPLICABLE IN THE PRESENT CASE BEING DISTINGUISHABL E ON FACTS OF THE CASE. 7. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL FILED BY THE DEPARTMEN T STANDS DISMISSED. ORDER PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON 18/10/2017. SD/- SD/- [L.P. SAHU] [H.S. SIDHU] ACCOUNTANT MEMBER JUDICIAL MEMBER DATE 18/10/2017 SRBHATNAGAR COPY FORWARDED TO: - 1. ASSESSEE - 2. RESPONDENT - 3. CIT 4. CIT (A) 5. DR, ITAT TRUE COPY BY ORDER, ASSISTANT REGISTRAR, ITAT, DELHI BENCHE S