Delhi Agroha Vikas Trust, Delhi V. CIT(E) Delhi, Delhi

ITA 9348/DEL/2019

• Counselvise Citation: [2020] 110 COUNSELVISE.COM (IT) 6583 (ITAT-DELHI)
• Duration Of Justice: 9 month(s) 13 day(s)
• Appeal Type: Income Tax Appeal
• Pronouncement Date: 17-09-2020
• Appeal Filed By: Assessee
• Order Result: Allowed
• Bench Allotted: B
• Assessment Year: misc
• Appeal Filed On: 04-12-2019
• Result in Favour of: Assessee
• Court: TRIBUNAL
• Department Lawyers: NIDHI SRIVASTAVA
• Keywords: Reasonable cause; Condonation of delay; Set aside
• Section: 80G; 12A; 12AA; 22

Judgement Text

ITA NO. 9348 & 9349/DEL./2019 1 IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, DELHI B BENCH, NEW DELHI BEFORE SHRI H. S. SIDHU, JUDICIAL MEMBER AND SHRI O. P. KANT, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER (THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCING) ITA NO.9348 & 9349/DEL/2019 DELHI AGROHA VIKAS TRUST VS. CIT (E) C-320, VIVEK VIHAR, PHASE-1, DELHI EAST DELHI, DELHI APPELLANT BY : SH. V. K. BINDAL, CA RESPONDENT BY : MS. NIDHI SRIVASTAVA, CIT(DR) DATE OF HEARING : 15.09.2020 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT : 17 .09.2020 ORDER PER O.P. KANT, AM: THESE TWO APPEALS HAVE BEEN FILED BY THE ASSESSEE AG AINST THE COMMON ORDER DATED 30/04/2019 PASSED BY THE LEARNED ITA NO. 9348 & 9349/DEL./2019 2 COMMISSIONER OF INCOME-TAX (EXEMPTION), NEW DELHI [I N SHORT THE LD. CIT( E)] UNDER SECTION 12AA AND 80G OF THE INCO ME TAX ACT, 1961 (IN SHORT THE ACT). THE GROUNDS RAISED BY THE ASSESSEE IN THE APPEALS ARE REPRODUCED BELOW: 2. THE GROUNDS OF APPEAL IN ITA NO.9348/DEL/2019 ARE AS UNDER:- THAT ON THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE AN D IN LAW, THE LD. CIT(EXEMPTIONS) HAVE ERRED IN REJECTING THE APPLICATION OF THE APPELLANT TRUST FOR REGISTRATION U/S 12A OF THE INCOME TAX ACT, 1961 ON MERE CONJECTURES & SURMISES AND NO T APPRECIATING THE FACT THAT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE AP PELLANT TRUST ARE COMPLETELY GENUINE AND ARE IN CONFORMITY WITH T HE OBJECTS OF ITS TRUST DEED AND AS SUCH THE MANDATORY CONDITI ON U/S 12AA(3) AND/OR 12AA(4) FOR THE REJECTION/CANCELLATI ON OF THE TRUST ARE NOT BEING FULFILLED AND AS SUCH THERE WAS NO LAWFUL BASIS WHATSOEVER TO REJECT THE APPLICATION U/S FOR REGISTRATION U/S. 12A 2.1 THE GROUNDS OF APPEAL IN ITA NO.9349/DEL/2019 ARE AS UNDER:- THAT ON THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE AN D IN LAW, THE LD. CIT(EXEMPTIONS) HAVE ERRED IN REJECTING THE APPLICATION OF THE APPELLANT TRUST FOR EXEMPTION U/S 80G OF THE INCOME TAX ACT, 1961 AS IT WAS REJECTED ON THE BASIS OF RE JECTION OF APPLICATION OF REGISTRATION U/S 12AA, WHICH WAS REJ ECTED ON MERE CONJECTURES & SURMISES AND NOT APPRECIATING TH E FACT THAT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE APPELLANT TRUST ARE COMP LETELY GENUINE AND ARE IN CONFORMITY WITH THE OBJECTS OF I TS TRUST DEED AND AS SUCH THE MANDATORY CONDITION U/S 12AA(3 ) AND/OR 12AA(4) FOR THE REJECTION/CANCELLATION OF TH E REGISTRATION OF THE TRUST ARE NOT BEING FULFILLED A ND AS SUCH ITA NO. 9348 & 9349/DEL./2019 3 THERE WAS NO LAWFUL BASIS WHATSOEVER TO REJECT THE APPLICATION U/S 80G. 3. BRIEFLY STATED FACTS OF THE CASE ARE THAT THE APPL ICATIONS FILED BY THE ASSESSEE TRUST FOR REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 1 2AA OF THE ACT AND EXEMPTION UNDER SECTION 80G OF THE ACT, HAVE BE EN REJECTED BY THE LD. CIT(E) ON THE GROUND THAT THE ASSESSEE FAIL ED TO JUSTIFY GENUINENESS OF ITS ACTIVITIES. THE LD.CIT(E) ASKED THE ASSESSEE TO FILE CERTAIN DOCUMENTS, INTER ALIA DOCUMENTS OF THE OWNERSHIP OF PLOT OF LAND AND ITS ARRANGEMENT OF TRANSFER ETC., BUT THE ASSESSEE FAILED TO SUBMIT SAID DOCUMENTS, WHICH RESULTED IN REJECTION O F REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12AA AND CONSEQUENT EXEMPTION UNDER S ECTION 80G OF THE ACT. 3.1 AGGRIEVED, THE ASSESSEE FILED APPEALS BEFORE THE I NCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL (IN SHORT THE TRIBUNAL), RAISING THE GROUNDS AS REPRODUCED ABOVE. 4. BEFORE US, THE PARTIES APPEARED THROUGH VIDEOCONFE RENCING FACILITY AND FILED PAPER-BOOK AND ANOTHER DOCUMENTS ELECTRONICALLY. 5. AT THE OUTSET, THE LD. COUNSEL SUBMITTED THAT THES E APPEALS HAVE BEEN FILED WITH THE DELAY OF 158 DAYS. THE LEAR NED COUNSEL REFERRED TO THE APPLICATION FOR CONDONATION OF THE DELAY AND SUBMITTED THAT SH. NARESH KUMAR GUPTA, THE SETTLER/ MANAGING TRUSTEE WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL ON 04/06/2019 DUE TO SOME SERIOUS ILLNESS AND WAS DISCHARGED ON 13/06/2019. IN SUPPORT OF ITA NO. 9348 & 9349/DEL./2019 4 THE CLAIM OF ADMISSION TO THE HOSPITAL, THE LEARNED COUNSEL REFERRED TO DISCHARGE SUMMARY OF THE APOLLO HOSPITAL FILED A LONG WITH THE APPLICATION FOR CONDONATION OF THE DELAY. HE SUBMIT TED THAT AFTER DISCHARGING FROM THE HOSPITAL, SH. NARESH KUMAR GUP TA WAS ADVISED ON BED REST AND THEREFORE THE APPEALS COULD NOT BE FILED ON TIME. THE LD. COUNSEL REFERRED TO PAGES 58 TO 61 OF THE PAPER-BOOK IN SUPPORT OF HIS CLAIM OF ADVICE FOR BED REST. THE LD. COUNSEL RELIED ON VARIOUS DECISIONS OF THE HONBLE COURTS. THE REL EVANT PART OF THE APPLICATION FOR CONDONATION OF THE DELAY IS REPRODU CED AS UNDER: 5. IT IS RESPECTFULLY AND HUMBLY PRAYED THAT IN VI EW OF PROVISIONS OF SECTION 253(5) OF THE ACT, WHICH READS AS, 'THE APP ELLATE TRIBUNAL MAY ADMIT AN APPEAL OR PERMIT THE FILING OF A MEMOR ANDUM OF CROSS- OBJECTIONS AFTER THE EXPIRY OF THE RELEVANT PERIOD REFERRED TO IN SUB- SECTION (3) OR SUB-SECTION (4), IF IT IS SATISFIED THAT THERE WAS SUFFICIENT CAUSE FOR NOT PRESENTING IT WITHIN THAT PERIOD, YOU R HONOUR ARE REQUESTED TO KINDLY CONDONE THE DELAY IN FILING OF THE APPEAL, BY THE APPELLANT TRUST, IN VIEW OF THE PRESENCE OF SUFFICI ENT CAUSE WITH THE APPELLANT TRUST I.E. THE SETTLOR/SIGNING PERSON OF THE APPELLANT TRUST, SH. NARESH KUMAR GUPTA HAD DEVELOPED SOME SERIOUS I LLNESS LEADING TO BREATHING PROBLEM AND UNCONSCIOUSNESS, W AS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND IT TOOK HIM FEW MONTHS TO GET RECO VERED FROM IT. 6. IN THIS REGARDS, RELIANCE IS PLACED BY US ON THE NUMEROUS BINDING JUDGEMENTS OF THE HON'BLE SUPREME COURT, AS UNDER: 1. COLLECTOR OF LAND ACQUISITION V MASTER KASTIJI - 167ITR 471 (SC) 2. G. RAMEGOWDA V. SPECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER , [1998] 2 SCC 3. N.BALKRISHNAN V M.M.KRISHNA MURTHY AIR 1998 SE 3 222 4. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF POST MASTER GENERAL VERSUS L IVING MEDIA INDIA LTD. 2012 348 ITR 7 5. N. BALAKRISHNAN V. M. KRISHNAMURTHY [1998] 7 SCC 123 ITA NO. 9348 & 9349/DEL./2019 5 6. STATE OF MP VS. PRADEEP KUMAR (2000) 7 SC 372, 3 76-77) CITED ON PAGE NO. 12747 IN BOOK OF SHRI CHATURVEDI AND PITHI SARIA. 7.THEPRINCIPLERATIOS WHICH EMERGE OUT OF THE AFORES TATED JUDGEMENTS OF THE HON'BLE APEX COURT ARE AS UNDER: (I) ANY APPEAL OR ANY APPLICATION, OTHER THAN AN AP PLICATION UNDER ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF ORDER XXI OF THE CODE OF C IVIL PROCEDURE, 1908, MAY BE ADMITTED AFTER THE PRESCRIBED PERIOD I F THE APPELLANT OR THE APPLICANT SATISFIES THE COURT THAT HE HAD SUFFI CIENT CAUSE FOR NOT PREFERRING THE APPEAL OR MAKING THE APPLICATION WIT HIN SUCH PERIOD. (II) ORDINARILY A LITIGANT DOES NOT STAND TO BENEFI T BY LODGING AN APPEAL LATE. (III) REFUSING TO CONDONE DELAY CAN RESULT IN A MER ITORIOUS MATTER BEING THROWN OUT AT THE VERY THRESHOLD AND CAUSE OF JUSTICE BEING DEFEATED. AS AGAINST THIS WHEN DELAY IS CONDONED TH E HIGHEST THAT CAN HAPPEN IS THAT A CAUSE WOULD BE DECIDED ON MERI TS AFTER HEARING THE PARTIES. (IV)WHEN SUBSTANTIAL JUSTICE AND TECHNICAL CONSIDER ATIONS ARE PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER, CAUSE OF SUBSTANTIAL JUSTICE DE SERVES TO BE PREFERRED FOR THE OTHER SIDE CANNOT CLAIM TO HAVE V ESTED RIGHT IN INJUSTICE BEING DONE BECAUSE OF A NON- DELIBERATE D ELAY. (V) THERE IS NO PRESUMPTION THAT DELAY IS OCCASIONE D DELIBERATELY, OR ON ACCOUNT OF CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE, OR ON ACCOUNT OF MALA FIDES. A LITIGANT DOES NOT STAND TO BENEFIT BY RESORTING TO DELAY. IN FACT HE RUNS A SERIOUS RISK. (VI) THE RULES OF LIMITATION ARE NOT MEANT TO DESTR OY THE RIGHTS OF PARTIES. THEY ARE MEANT TO SEE THAT PARTIES DID NOT RESORT TO DILATORY TACTICS BUT SEEKING THEIR REMEDY PROMPTLY. CONDONAT ION OF DELAY IS A MATTER OF DISCRETION OF THE COURT. LENGTH OF DELAY IS NO MATTER, ACCEPTABILITY OF EXPLANATION IS THE ONLY CRITERION. IN EVERY CASE OF DELAY THERE WILL BE SOME LAPSE ON THE PART OF THE L ITIGANT CONCERNED. THAT ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH TO TURN DOWN HIS PLEA AND SHUT THE DOOR AGAINST HIM. IF THE EXPLANATION DOES NOT SMACK OF M ALA FIDES OR IT IS NOT PUT FORTH AS PART OF A DILATORY STRATEGY, THE C OURT MUST SHOW UTMOST CONSIDERATION TO THE SUITOR. THERE IS NO PRE SUMPTION THAT THE DELAY IN APPROACHING THE COURT IS ALWAYS DELIBERATE . THE WORDS ITA NO. 9348 & 9349/DEL./2019 6 'SUFFICIENT CAUSE SHOULD RECEIVE A LIBERAL CONSTRU CTION SO AS TO ADVANCE SUBSTANTIAL JUSTICE. 5.1 ON THE CONTRARY, THE LEARNED DR OBJECTED FOR CONDO NATION OF THE DELAY. SHE ALSO FILED WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS, THE R ELEVANT PART OF WHICH IS REPRODUCED AS UNDER: IT IS SEEN FROM FORM NO 36, THAT THE CIT(E) ORDER WAS COMMUNICATED TO THE ASSESSEE ON 30.04.2019. THEREFORE THE APPEAL , WHICH WAS TO BE FILED BEFORE THE HON. ITAT WITHIN 60 DAYS, SHOUL D HAVE BEEN FILED ON OR BEFORE 29.06.2019. HOWEVER, IT HAS BEEN FILED ON 04.12.2019, I.E., A DELAY OF 158 DAYS. 3. IT IS PERTINENT TO NOTE THE FOLLOWING FACTS- A) ONLY THE AFFIDAVIT AND DOCTORS PRESCRIPTION WERE F ILED ORIGINALLY. THERE WAS NO DOCUMENT TO ESTABLISH THE ASSESSEES CLAIM THAT MR NARESH KUMAR GUPTA HAD BEE N ADVISED BED REST FOR 5 MONTHS. THESE HAVE BEEN FILED NOW ONLY ON THE DIRECTION OF THE HON BENCH ON THE LAST D ATE OF HEARING. THE AUTHENTICITY OF DOCUMENTS THAT WERE NOT AVAILABLE EARLIER, AND HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY BEEN FILED, CANNOT BE RELIED UPON. B) IT IS ONLY THE SETTLER OF THE TRUST, MR NARESH KUMAR GUPTA WHO WAS UNWELL. AS PER SECTION253 (6) OF THE ACT, AN APPEAL TO THE APPELLATE TRIBUNAL SHALL BE IN PRESCRIB ED FORM AND SHALL BE VERIFIED IN THE PRESCRIBED MANNER. ... A PERSON WHO IS COMPETENT TO SIGN THE RETURN OF INCOM E U/S140 OF THE ACT CAN VALIDLY SIGN/VERIFY THE APPEA L MEMO. ITA NO. 9348 & 9349/DEL./2019 7 C) SECTION 140(E) OF THE ACT, WITH REFERENCE TO THE APPLICATION OF AN ASSOCIATION, STATES THAT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICER OR MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION CAN SIGN THERE TURN. D) THE DEFINITION OF PRINCIPAL OFFICER IS GIVEN IN SECTION 2(35) OF THE ACT, WHERE IT IS STATED IN CLAUSE (A) TO SECTI ON 2(35) THAT SECRETARY, TREASURER, MANAGER AND AGENT OF SUC H ASSOCIATION OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE ACT. 4. IT IS THEREFORE SUBMITTED THAT NOWHERE IN THE AC T IS IT PROVIDED THAT ONLY THE SETTLER OF THE TRUST CAN FILE AN APPE AL BEFORE THE HON TRIBUNAL. EVEN IF THE SETTLER WAS UNWELL, THAT DID NOT PRECLUDE THE OTHER TRUSTEES/PRINCIPAL OFFICER/TREASURER ETC FROM FILING THE APPEAL WITHIN TIME. THERE IS NO REASONABLE CAUSE IN THIS CASE, WHICH ENTITLES THE ASSESSEE TO BE CONDONED FOR THE DELAY OF MORE THAN 5 MONTHS IN FILING OF THIS APPEAL. 5. THE FOLLOWING CASE LAWS ARE RELIED UPON IN THIS REGARD- (I). AJMEER SHERIFF AND CO. 375 ITR 15 (MADRAS HIGH COUR T) , WHEREIN THE TRIBUNAL HADDECLINED TO CONDONE DELAY F OR REASONS THAT I) ALLEGATION REGARDING ILL-HEALTH OF MANAGING PART NER AND MULTIPLE MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS WAS BEREFT OF DETAILS AND EVERY DAY'S DELAY HAD NOT BEEN EXPLAINED, AND II) EVEN IF ONE OF PARTNERS WAS NOT WELL, OTHER PARTNER S COULD HAVE TAKEN STEPS TO FILE APPEAL IN TIME. THE HON MADRAS HIGH COURT HELD THAT WHEN CONDUCT ON PART OF THE ASSESSEE EXHIBITED GROSS NEGLIGENCE/PROCRASTINATING ATTITUDE AND ITA NO. 9348 & 9349/DEL./2019 8 INCORRECT GROUNDS, THE TRIBUNAL RIGHTLY DISMISSED P ETITION TO CONDONE DELAY. (II) . ESHA BHATTACHARJEE VS MANAGING COMMITTEE OF RAGHUNATHPUR NAFAR ACADEMY AND OTHERS(SC) (CIVIL AP PEAL NOS.8183-8184 OF 2013), WHEREIN THE HON APEX COURT HAS CULLED OUT VARIOUS PRINCIPLES IN RESPECT OF CONDONATION OF DELAY BY THE HIGH COURT OF CALCUTTA. PARAS 15, 16 AND 22 OF THE JUDGE MENT, WHICH IS ATTACHED, ARE OF PARTICULAR RELEVANCE TO THE ASSESS EES CASE. (III). THE HON ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT ,RULING IN THE CASEOF CITVSRUDRABILASSAHKARI280 ITR 249 , HAS,IN THE CONTEXT OF COMPETENCE OF SIGNATORY TO IT RU/S L40(E)READWITH SECTION2(35), HELD THAT IT IS A WELL SETTLED PRINCIPLE THAT THAT ANY PERSON CAN APPOINTANAGENTORALLYOR IN WRITING OR INFERRED BY IMPLICATION ALSO. (IV). THE DELHIBENCHOF ITAT IN THE CASEOF MEERUT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (ITA422/DEL/2009,DATED24.07.2009)HASHELDTHAT TREASURER U/S 2(35)IS AUTOMATICALLY A PRINCIPAL OFFICE R OF THE CONCERNED ASSOCIATION AND SO CAN SIGN THE ITR/APPEA L MEMO BEFORE THE HONBLE TRIBUNAL. 6. THEREFORE IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE WRITTEN SUBMISSIO N AND CITED CASE LAWS, THE ASSESSEES REASON FOR DELAY, VIZ, TH E ILLNESS OF THE SETTLER, CANNOT BE CONSIDERED AS REASONABLE CAUSE S O AS TO CONDONE THE DELAY IN FILING OF APPEAL. IT IS PRAYED THAT T HE ASSESSEES APPLICATION FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING OF A PPEAL IN THE HON ITA NO. 9348 & 9349/DEL./2019 9 ITAT, MAY BE THEREFORE BE REJECTED AND THE APPEAL M AY BE DISMISSED. 5.2 WE HAVE HEARD RIVAL SUBMISSION OF THE PARTIES ON TH E ISSUE OF CONDONATION OF THE DELAY IN FILING THE APPEALS. THE LD. CIT(E) PASSED THE IMPUGNED ORDER ON 30.04.2019 AND THUS THE ASSES SEE WAS REQUIRED TO FILE APPEAL TO THE TRIBUNAL WITHIN 60 DA YS THEREAFTER, BUT THE APPEALS HAVE BEEN FILED ON 04.12.2019 AND THUS THERE IS A DELAY OF 158 DAYS IN FILING THE APPEALS. SHRI NARESH KUM AR GUPTA WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL ON 04.06.2019 AND DISCHARG ED ON 13.06.2019. HE WAS ADVISED BED REST AND HE CONSULTED TO CARDIOLOGIST FROM TIME TO TIME ON VARIOUS DATES I.E . 19.10.2019 (PB- 57); 19.09.2019 (PB-58); 20.08.2019 (PB-59); 17.10. 2019 (PB-60); 20.06.2019 (PB-61). ON PERUSAL OF THE DISCHARGE SUM MARY AND MEDICAL PRESCRIPTION BY DOCTORS, THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE SETTLER AND MANAGING TRUSTEE WAS SUFFERING FROM SERIOUS ILL NESS AND COULD NOT PAY ATTENTION TO THE ISSUE OF FILING APPEALS OF THE ASSESSEE TRUST ON TIME. ON THE ISSUE AS WHY THE OTHER TRUSTEE(S) DI D NOT FILE THOSE APPEALS, THE LD. COUNSEL SUBMITTED THAT THE IMPUGNE D ORDER WAS SERVED THROUGH EMAIL ADDRESS OF THE SON OF SH. NARE SH KUMAR GUPTA, AND THUS OTHER TRUSTEES WERE NOT AWARE OF THE INCOME-TAX PROCEEDINGS OF THE TRUST. IN OUR OPINION, THE ILLNE SS OF SETTLER AND MANAGING TRUSTEE AND THE IMPUGNED ORDER BEING NOT I N THE REACH OF OTHER TRUSTEES, IS A REASONABLE CAUSE FOR DELAY IN FILING THE APPEALS. BY MAKING THE DELAY, THE ASSESSEE TRUST DOES NOT GE T BENEFIT IN ANY ITA NO. 9348 & 9349/DEL./2019 10 MANNER. THE DELAY IS NOT DELIBERATE AND THERE IS NO T ANY KIND OF MALAFIDE ON THE PART OF THE ASSESSEE TRUST. IN VIEW OF THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES AND IN THE INTEREST OF THE SUBSTANTIA L JUSTICE, WE CONDONED THE DELAY IN FILING THESE APPEALS AND THE PARTIES WERE ASKED TO ARGUE ON THE MERIT OF THE APPEALS. 6. WE HAVE HEARD ARGUMENT OF THE PARTIES ON THE MERIT OF THE ISSUES IN THE APPEALS. WE FIND THAT IN THE IMPUGNED ORDERS, THE LD. CIT(E) HAS REJECTED REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12AA AND EXEMPTION UNDER SECTION 80G MAINLY ON THE GROUND THAT THE ASS ESSEE FAILED TO PRODUCE CERTAIN DOCUMENTS ASKED FOR BY THE LD CIT(E ). BEFORE US, THE LD. COUNSEL OF THE ASSESSEE HAS PRODUCED ALL TH E DOCUMENTS, WHICH WERE REQUESTED BY THE LD CIT(E). THESE DOCUMEN TS ARE AVAILABLE ON PAGE 1 TO 10 OF THE PAPER-BOOK. THE LD . COUNSEL ACCORDINGLY REQUESTED FOR RESTORING THE MATTER BACK TO THE FILE OF THE LD. CIT(E). THE LD. DR, ON THE OTHER HAND, SUBMITTE D THAT THE OPPORTUNITY PROVIDED BY THE LD. CIT (E) WERE NOT AV AILED BY THE ASSESSEE AND THEREFORE IF THE ASSESSEE IS ALLOWED T O GO BACK TO THE LD CIT(E), THE ASSESSEE SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO FILE ALL THE DOCUMENTS AND CO-OPERATE BEFORE THE LD. CIT(E) IN DISPOSAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS . 7. IN VIEW OF THE DOCUMENTS PRODUCED BEFORE US AS ADD ITIONAL EVIDENCE, WE FEEL IT APPROPRIATE TO SET ASIDE THE O RDER OF THE LD. CIT (E) AND RESTORE THE ISSUE OF REGISTRATION UNDER SEC TION 12AA AND EXEMPTION UNDER SECTION 80G, BACK TO THE FILE OF TH E LD CIT(E) FOR DECIDING AFRESH WITH THE DIRECTION TO THE ASSESSEE TO PRODUCE ALL THE ITA NO. 9348 & 9349/DEL./2019 11 DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR EXAMINATION OF CONDITIONS FO R GRANTING OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12AA AND EXEMPTION UNDER SECTION 80G OF THE ACT. ACCORDINGLY, THE GROUNDS RAISED IN BOTH THE APPEALS ARE ALLOWED FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES. 8. IN THE RESULT, BOTH THE APPEALS OF THE ASSESSEE AR E ALLOWED FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES. ORDER PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON 17 TH SEPTEMBER, 2020 SD/- SD/- (H. S. SIDHU) (O.P KANT) JUDICIAL MEMBER ACCOUNTANT MEMBER DATED: 17.09.2020 *NEHA* (D.T.D.S) COPY FORWARDED TO: 1. APPELLANT 2. RESPONDENT 3. CIT 4. CIT(A) 5. DR ASST. REGISTRAR ITAT, NEW DELHI