ACIT, Circle-1, Ongole, Ongole V. The Bapatla Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd., Bapatla, Guntur

ITA 725/HYD/2017

• Counselvise Citation: [2018] 121 COUNSELVISE.COM (IT) 7837 (ITAT-HYDERABAD)
• Duration Of Justice: 1 year(s) 3 month(s) 17 day(s)
• Appeal Type: Income Tax Appeal
• Pronouncement Date: 14-08-2018
• Appeal Filed By: Department
• Order Result: Dismissed
• Bench Allotted: B
• Assessment Year: 2012-2013
• Appeal Filed On: 27-04-2017
• Result in Favour of: Assessee
• Court: TRIBUNAL
• Department Lawyers: M H NAIK
• Keywords: Tax effect

Judgement Text

IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL HYDERABAD BENCH B, HYDERABAD BEFORE SMT. P. MADHAVI DEVI, JUDICIAL MEMBER AND SHRI I NTURI RAMA RAO, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER ITA NO. 725/HYD/2017 ASSESSMENT YEAR: 2012 - 2013 ACIT, CIRCLE - 1, ONGOLE. VS. THE BAPATLA COOPERATIVE URBAN BANK LTD., BAPATLA. PAN:AABAT 2848 K (APPELLANT) (RESPONDENT) REVENUE BY: SHRI M.H. NAIK, DR ASSESSEE BY: NONE DATE OF HEARING: 10 .08.2018 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT: 14 TH AUGUST, 2018 ORDER PER I NTURI RAMA RAO, A.M.: THIS IS AN APPEAL FILED BY THE REVENUE DIRECTED AGAINST THE ORDER DATED 23.02.2017 OF CIT(A) - 1, GUNTUR FOR A.Y. 2012 - 13 . 2. IT IS STATED BEFORE US THAT THE TAX EFFECT IN THIS APPEAL IS LESS THAN RS.20 LAKH AND THEREFORE THE CIRCULAR NO.3/2018 DATED 11.07.2018 ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES (CBDT) IN EXERCISE OF ITS POWER VESTED UNDER SEC. 268A(1) OF THE I.T. ACT CO MES INTO PLAY, WHEREIN, THE MONETARY LIMIT FOR FILING THE APPEALS BY THE REVENUE BEFORE THE ITAT AND VARIOUS HIGH COURTS AS WELL AS APEX COURT ARE REVISED WITH AN OBJECT OF THE REDUCING THE TAX LITIGATION. VIDE PARA 3 OF THE SAID 2 CIRCULAR (SUPRA), IT IS S TATED THAT IN CASES WHERE THE TAX EFFECT IN THE APPEALS TO BE FILED BEFORE THE APPELLATE TRIBUNAL DOES NOT EXCEED RS.20 LAKH, THE APPEALS SHOULD NOT BE FILED. THUS, TAKING A NOTE OF CBDT CIRCULAR NO. 03/2018, DATED 11.07.2018 AND CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THE TAX EFFECT IN THE INSTANT APPEAL IS LESS THAN RS.20 LAKH, THE PRESENT APPEAL DESERVES TO BE DISMISSED AS NOT PRESSED/NOT MAINTAINABLE. HOWEVER, WE MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE ISSUES RAISED IN THE INSTANT APPEAL IS LEFT OPEN TO BE EXAMINED IN THE APPROPRIA TE PROCEEDINGS, IF ARISES, IN FUTURE. AT THE SAME TIME, WE ALSO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IF THE APPEAL FALLS IN ANY OF THE EXCEPTIONS REFERRED TO IN THE ABOVE SAID CBDT CIRCULAR, THE REVENUE IS AT LIBERTY TO MOVE AN APPLICATION FOR RECALLING THE ORDER, IF SO AD VISED. 3. ACCORDINGLY, IN THE LIGHT OF CBDT CIRCULAR NO. 03/2018 DATED 11.07.2018 THE APPEAL STANDS DISMISSED. PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON 14 TH AUGUST, 2018 . S D / - SD/ - (P. MADHAVI DEVI) (I NTURI RAMA RAO) JUDICIAL MEMBER ACCOUNTANT MEMBER HYDERABAD, DATED: 14 TH AUGUST, 2018 OKK COPY TO: - 1) ACIT, CIRCLE - 1, ONGOLE. 2) M/S. THE BAPTLA COOPERATIVE URBAN BANK LTD., BAPATLA. 3) THE CIT(A) - 1 , GUNTUR. 4) THE PR. CIT - 1 , GUNTUR. 5) THE DR, ITAT, HYDERABAD 6) GUARD FILE