VK;DJ VIHYH; VF/KDJ.K] T;IQJ U;K;IHB] T;IQJ IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, JAIPUR BENCHE S, JAIPUR JH FOT; IKWY JKO] U;KF;D LNL; ,OA JH FOE FLAG ;KNO] YS[KK LNL; DS LE{K BEFORE: SHRI VIJAY PAL RAO, JM & SHRI VIKRAM SINGH YADAV, AM VK;DJ VIHY LA-@ ITA. NO. 836/JP/2018 FU/KZKJ.K O'K Z@ ASSESSMENT YEARS : 2013-14 ASSTT. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME- TAX, CENTRAL CIRCLE-3, JAIPUR CUKE VS. M/S KANHAIYA LAL RAMESHWAR DAS, KOTA LFKK;H YS[KK LA-@THVKBZVKJ LA-@ PAN/GIR NO.: AABFK4323K VIHYKFKHZ@ APPELLANT IZR;FKHZ@ RESPONDENT JKTLO DH VKSJ LS @ REVENUE BY : SHRI J. C. KULHARI (JCIT) FU/KZKFJRH DH VKSJ L S@ ASSESSEE BY : SHRI RAJNIKANT BHATRA (CA) LQUOKBZ DH RKJH[ K@ DATE OF HEARING : 20/08/2018 MN?KKS'K.KK DH RKJH[ K@ DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT : 21/08/2018 VKNS'K@ ORDER PER: VIKRAM SINGH YADAV, A.M. THIS IS AN APPEAL FILED BY THE REVENUE AGAINST THE ORDER OF LD. CIT (A)- 04, JAIPUR DATED 02.04.2018 FOR ASSESSMENT YEA R 2013-14 WHEREIN THE REVENUE HAS TAKEN THE FOLLOWING GROUNDS OF APP EAL:- 1. WHETHER ON THE FACTS AND IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES O F THE CASE AND IN LAW, THE CIT(A) IS JUSTIFIED IN DELETING THE ADDITION OF RS. 27,34,450/- MADE BY AO ON ACCOUNT OF DISALLOWANCE O F 10% OF MALWA JHARAI, MACHINE RUNNING & MAINTENANCE AND COM PRESSOR MAINTENANCE EXPENSES. 2. WHETHER ON THE FACTS AND IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE AND IN LAW, THE CIT(A) IS JUSTIFIED IN DELETING THE ADDITION OF RS. 3,33,532/- MADE BY AO ON ACCOUNT OF DISALLOWANCE U/ S 36(1)(V). ITA NO. 836/JP/2018 ACIT, JAIPUR VS. MS KANHAIYA LAL RAMESHWAR DAS, KOT A 2 (3) WHETHER ON THE FACTS AND IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES O F THE CASE AND IN LAW, THE CIT(A) IS JUSTIFIED IN DELETIN G THE ADDITION OF RS. 2,11,905/- MADE BY AO ON ACCOUNT OF DISALLOWANC E OF TELEPHONE & MOBILE EXPENSES. 2. THE LD. D/R HAS SUBMITTED THAT THE TAX EFFECT IN VOLVED IN THE REVENUES APPEAL COMES TO RS 13,68,206/- LESS THAN RS 20 LACS WHICH IS PRESCRIBED THRESHOLD LIMIT IN TERMS OF THE CBDT CIRCULAR NO. 3 /2018 DATED 11 TH JULY, 2018 ISSUED IN SUPERSESSION OF ITS EARLIER CIRCULAR NO. 21 OF 2015 DATED 10.12.2015. 3. WE HAVE HEARD BOTH THE PARTIES AND PERUSED THE M ATERIAL AVAILABLE ON RECORD. IT IS OBSERVED THAT THE DEMAND/ TAX EFFECT IN THE REVENUES APPEAL IN QUESTION IS BELOW RS. 20.00 LACS . UNDER THE POWERS VESTED BY SECTION 268A(1) OF THE IT ACT, CBDT HAS RECENTLY ISSUED CIR CULAR NO. 3/2018 DATED 11 TH JULY, 2018 (F NO. 279/MISC. 142/2007-ITJ(PT) INSTRUCTING THE AUTHORITIES BELOW THAT DEPARTMENTAL APPEAL SHOULD NOT BE FILED BEFORE ITAT WHERE THE DEMAND/TAX EFFEC T DOES NOT EXCEED RS. 20 LACS. THE CIRCULAR IS SPECIFICALLY ME NTIONED TO BE APPLICABLE FOR ALL PENDING APPEALS. 4. SUBJECT TO SOME EXCEPTIONS, IT IS FURTHER DIREC TED BY CBDT THAT ALL THE DEPARTMENTAL APPEALS PENDING BEFORE ITAT WHERE THE DEMAND/TAX EFFECT IS NOT EXCEEDING THAN 20 LACS SHOULD BE EITHER WITHDRA WN OR NOT PRESSED BY THE DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVES. 5. THE PRESENT APPEAL IS NOT COVERED BY ANY EXCEPT IONS MENTIONED IN THE SAID CBDT CIRCULAR. SINCE THE TAX DEMAND IN DISPUT E IN THIS DEPARTMENTAL APPEAL IS BELOW THE LIMIT SET OUT BY CBDT FOR THE A PPEAL, THE APPEAL OF THE ITA NO. 836/JP/2018 ACIT, JAIPUR VS. MS KANHAIYA LAL RAMESHWAR DAS, KOT A 3 ASSESSEE IS NOT MAINTAINABLE IN VIEW OF CBDT CIRCUL AR NO. 3 OF 2018 DATED 11.07.2018. ACCORDINGLY THE APPEAL OF THE REVENUE I S DISMISSED AS NOT PRESSED/WITHDRAWN. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL OF THE REVENUE IS DISMISS ED. ORDER PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON 21/08/2018. SD/- SD/- FOT; IKWY JKO FOE FLAG ;KNO (VIJAY PAL RAO) (VIKRAM SINGH YADAV) U;KF;D LNL;@ JUDICIAL MEMBER YS[KK LNL;@ ACCOUNTANT MEMBER TK;IQJ@ JAIPUR FNUKAD@ DATED:- 21/08/2018 * GANESH KR. VKNS'K DH IZFRFYFI VXZSFKR@ COPY OF THE ORDER FORWARDED TO: 1. VIHYKFKHZ@ THE APPELLANT- ACIT, CENTRAL CIRCLE-03, JAIPUR 2. IZR;FKHZ@ THE RESPONDENT- M/S KANHAIYA LAL RAMESHWAR DAS, KOT A 3. VK;DJ VK;QDR@ CIT 4. VK;DJ VK;QDR@ CIT(A) 5. FOHKKXH; IZFRFUF/K] VK;DJ VIHYH; VF/KDJ.K] T;IQJ@ DR, ITAT, JAIPUR. 6. XKMZ QKBZY@ GUARD FILE { ITA NO. 836/JP/2018} VKNS'KKUQLKJ@ BY ORDER, LGK;D IATHDKJ@ ASST. REGISTRAR