FARES DADDY PRIVATE LIMITED,HARYANA vs. DC/ACIT TP 1(3)(1) DELHI, CIVIC CENTER

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ITTPA 6060/DEL/2024Status: DisposedITAT Delhi02 July 2025AY 2021-224 pages
AI SummaryDismissed

What did the Tribunal hold?

The Tribunal held that the appeal filed by the assessee, IT(TP)A No. 6060/Del/2024, was a duplicate appeal. The assessee's counsel acknowledged this and had no objection to the appeal being dismissed as withdrawn. Therefore, the Tribunal dismissed the appeal as withdrawn. The specific grounds of appeal raised by the assessee concerning the merits of the assessment, transfer pricing adjustments, and disallowance of expenditure were not adjudicated upon due to the dismissal of the appeal on procedural grounds. The operative direction was to dismiss the appeal.

What were the facts?

The assessee, FARES DADDY PRIVATE LIMITED, filed an appeal before the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) challenging the final assessment order for Assessment Year 2021-22. This order was passed under Section 143(3) read with Section 144C of the Income Tax Act, 1961, pursuant to directions from the Dispute Resolution Panel (DRP). The assessee raised seven grounds of appeal. During the proceedings, the Tribunal noted that the assessee had filed two identical appeals for the same assessment year, one numbered IT(TP)A No. 5923/Del/2024 and the other IT(TP)A No. 6060/Del/2024. The assessee's counsel explained that the second appeal (6060/Del/2024) was filed in response to a defect memo issued for the first appeal (5923/Del/2024). The Tribunal observed that appeal No. 6060/Del/2024 was a duplicate appeal.

What were the issues?

The Tribunal had to decide the fate of the appeal filed by the assessee. The assessee raised several grounds of appeal, including: 1. Whether the orders of the Assessing Officer (AO) and DRP were based on an incorrect interpretation of law. 2. Whether the DRP order was erroneous in not providing directions regarding comparables rejected by the Transfer Pricing Officer (TPO) on the ground of being loss-making, leading to the exclusion of a valid comparable. 3. Whether the DRP order was erroneous in not providing directions regarding the exclusion of certain comparables that failed to meet legal criteria for comparability. 4. Whether the AO/TPO erred in failing to provide working capital adjustments, violating DRP directions. 5. Whether the AO/TPO wrongly computed the operating margins of some comparable companies. 6. Whether the AO erred in not allowing genuine business expenditure of Rs. 20,48,075. The assessee contended that the DRP and AO/TPO orders were erroneous and based on incorrect legal interpretations and factual findings. The revenue's contentions are not recorded in the judgment.

Which sections of the Income-tax Act were involved?

Section 143(3),Section 144C

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Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, DELHI BENCH “I”NEW DELHI

Before: SHRI CHALLA NAGENDRA PRASAD & SHRI NAVEEN CHANDRA

For Appellant: Shri Ashish Goel, AR
For Respondent: Shri Dharm Veer Singh, CIT DR
Hearing: 02.07.2025

आदेश /O R D E R

PER C.N. PRASAD, J.M.

This appeal is filed by the Assessee against the final assessment order passed u/s 143(3) r.w.s. 144C of the Act for the AY 2021-22 pursue to the directions of the DRP for the AY 2021-22. The assessee raised the following grounds: - 1. “Ground 1: The order of the learned Assessing Officer and directions of the Hon'ble DRP are based on incorrect interpretation of law and therefore are bad in law. 1

IT(TP)A No.6060/Del/2024

2.

Ground 2: The DRP order is erroneous in law and facts as no direction has been given in the order in relation to comparable rejected by the Ld. TPO on wrong ground of loss making comparable and the same was objected by the appellant before DRP for the arm’s length price determination, resulting in the exclusion of a valid comparable and an incorrect conclusion. 3. Ground 3: The DRP order is erroneous in law and facts as no direction has been given in the order in relation to the exclusion of certain comparable objected before DRP which are failing to meet the legally acceptable criteria for comparability. 4. Ground 4: The Final order of Ld AO and TPO is erroneous in law and facts as the Ld. TPO/AO has failed to provide the working capital adjustments which is in complete violation of the directions by the Hon'ble DRP. 5. Ground 5: The learned AO/TPO erred in wrongly computing the operating margins of some of the comparable companies. 6. Ground 6: The Final Order of the Ld. AO order is erroneous in law and facts in not allowing genuine business expenditure of Rs. 20,48,075 as the same has been passed without considering the evidences of various expenses incurred by the appellant company for the purpose of business. 7. Ground 7. The Appellant craves leave to add, alter, amend or withdraw all or any of the Grounds of Appeal herein and to submit such statements, documents and papers as may be considered necessary either at or before the appeal hearing.”

2.

At the outset, we noticed that assessee filed two identical

appeals challenging the final assessment order of the Assessing

IT(TP)A No.6060/Del/2024

Officer for the AY 2021-22 which are numbered as 5923/Del/2024 &

6060/Del/2024.

3.

Ld. Counsel for the assessee submitted that the second appeal

which was filed on 26.12.2024 was in response to the defect memo

issued by the Tribunal in the appeal filed by the assessee in ITA

5923/Del/2024. When the Bench pointed out that the identical

appeal which was filed by the assessee and numbered as 6060/2024

is nothing but a duplicate appeal and the same has to be dismissed

as withdrawn the Ld. Counsel has no objection. In the

circumstances explained above, since the assessee filed duplicate

appeal in ITA 6060/2024 on 26.12.2024, the same is hereby

dismissed as withdrawn.

4.

In the result, appeal of the assessee is dismissed as withdrawn

being duplicate appeal.

Order pronounced in the open court on 02.07.2025

Sd/- Sd/- (NAVEEN CHANDRA) (C.N. PRASAD) ACCOUNTANT MEMBER JUDICIAL MEMBER Dated: 02.07.2025 *Kavita Arora, Sr. P.S.

IT(TP)A No.6060/Del/2024

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