COMMISSIONER OF WEALTH TAX, HR. ROHTAK vs. RAJESHWAR NATH

WTR/14/2006HC Punjab & HaryanaPHHC01085282200630 March 2010Author: MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA,MR. JUSTICE M.S. SULLAR2 pages
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What were the facts?

The assessee, Rajeshwar Nath, was a partner in M/s Deepak Woollen Mills. The firm received cash incentives and duty drawbacks for export promotion. The Wealth Tax Officer included the assessee's share of these amounts in his net wealth. The Commissioner of Wealth Tax allowed the assessee's appeal. The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) dismissed the revenue's appeal against the Commissioner's order. The revenue's application for referring the matter to the High Court was dismissed by the ITAT. The revenue filed the instant reference before the High Court of Punjab and Haryana challenging the ITAT's order.

What did the High Court hold?

The High Court held that the cash incentive and duty drawback received by the firm, and consequently the assessee's share therein, did not represent any assets. The cash incentive was considered a personal reward for promoting exports given by the Handloom Export Promotion Council. Such remittances were found not to fall within the purview of movable or immovable property, nor could they be termed as assets as defined under Section 2(e) of the Wealth Tax Act. Therefore, the question of law was answered in favour of the assessee and against the revenue. The reference was disposed of accordingly.

What were the issues?

1. Whether, on the facts of the case, the Tribunal was right in law in holding that the amount received as cash incentive and duty drawback by the firm, in which the assessee was a partner, were liable to be included in the assessee's net wealth? The revenue contended that these amounts should be included in the assessee's net wealth. The assessee argued that the cash incentive is a personal reward for export promotion and does not constitute an asset as defined under the Wealth Tax Act. The judgment records no specific arguments for the revenue beyond the implication of the question posed.

Which sections of the Income-tax Act were involved?

Section 2(e)

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WTR No.14 of 2006 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH.

Date of Decision:-30.3.2010 The Commissioner of Wealth-tax, Haryana, Rohtak ...Petitioner Versus Rajeshwar Nath, c/o M/s Deepak Woollen Mills, Panipat ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MEHINDER SINGH SULLAR Present:- Mr.Krishan Mehta, Sr.Standing Counsel for the petitioner.

Mr.Sanjay Bansal, Senior Advocate with Ms.Shaveta Malhotra & Ms.Harpreet Kaur, Advocates for the respondent.

Ashutosh Mohunta, J. (Oral)

The brief facts, relevant for disposal of present case and emanating from the record are that the assessee was a partner in the firm M/s Deepak Woollen Mills, which had made certain claims of cash incentive to the Central Government in the matter of Export Promotion Council. The Wealth Tax Officer included the amount equal to the assessee's share as his net wealth. The Commissioner of Wealth Tax allowed the appeal filed by the assessee, vide order dated 6.4.1984 (Annexure C

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