PR. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX -GHAZIABAD vs. RAMA ALLIED PRODUCTS MARKETING PVT. LTD.

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ITA/777/2025HC DelhiDLHC01104877202522 April 2026Author: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH MEHTA,HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD KUMAR5 pages
AI SummaryDismissed

What did the High Court hold?

The High Court noted that while most issues raised by the Revenue pertained to the appreciation of evidence and findings of fact, which do not warrant interference under the limited jurisdiction of Section 260A of the Act, one specific question arose: Whether the possession of cheque books of concerns from whom purchase bills were allegedly procured, and statements indicating provision of bills, are sufficient to conclude that the assessee procured bogus purchase bills. However, the Court ultimately dismissed the appeal. The primary reason for dismissal was that the tax effect in the appeal fell below the limits prescribed by CBDT Circular No. 5/2024 and Circular No. 9/2024. Therefore, the appeal was liable to be dismissed on this ground. The Court did not decide the substantial question of law framed.

What were the facts?

The appellant, Pr. Commissioner of Income Tax – Ghaziabad, filed an appeal under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act, 1961, challenging an order dated 28.02.2025 passed by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Delhi Bench “F”. The appeal was filed with a delay of 110 days, which was condoned by the High Court. The Revenue's primary grievance pertained to the deletion of additions made by the Assessing Officer (AO) concerning alleged bogus purchases and un-reconciled turnover. The ITAT had deleted these additions, which the Revenue contended was done without proper appreciation of evidence and material on record, including incriminating statements and discrepancies in documents.

What were the issues?

1. Whether on the facts, circumstances, and in law, the ITAT's order is perverse, dismissing the Revenue's appeal by refuting allegations based on material evidence, thereby ignoring evidence of fraudulent transactions by the assessee? (Question of law/mixed law and fact) 2. Whether the ITAT erred in deleting additions on account of alleged bogus purchases from M/s Raghubir Singh Devindra Kumar without considering crucial incriminatory statements from the seller, transporters, and assessee's employees, which pointed towards manipulation? (Question of law/mixed law and fact) 3. Whether the ITAT erred in relying on invoices, transport receipts, ledger details, and bank statements produced by the assessee, which did not adequately address material discrepancies and contradictions, including inconsistent transportation details and failure to maintain stock reconciliation? (Question of law/mixed law and fact) 4. Whether the ITAT erred in allowing the assessee's appeal by not considering that payment through banking channels does not ipso facto validate the genuineness of purchases, especially when transport payments were made by the supplier as a modus operandi in bogus transactions? (Question of law/mixed law and fact) 5. Whether the ITAT erred in failing to appreciate the AO's reasoning for adding Rs. 12,94,429/- on account of un-reconciled turnover based on seized data, holding it related to M/s Rush Unit Purchase A/c without further verification? (Question of law/mixed law and fact) 6. Whether the ITAT erred in deleting an addition of Rs. 12,75,741/- made on account of different stock verified during a survey, which was confirmed by the CIT(A)? (Question of law/mixed law and fact) Assessee's contention: The additions were rightly deleted based on proper appreciation of evidence. In any case, the issues do not give rise to a substantial question of law, and the Court, in its limited jurisdiction under Section 260A, would not go into the appreciation of evidence. The appeal would not be maintainable in light of CBDT Circulars No. 5/2024 and 9/2024 due to the tax effect. Revenue's contention: The ITAT deleted additions without properly appreciating facts and material on record. Cheque books of M/s Devender Kumar were found in the assessee's possession, indicating fraudulent transactions.

Which sections of the Income-tax Act were involved?

Section 260A

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Cause title — parties, addresses and appearances
ITA 777/2025 Page 1 of 5 $~4 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + ITA 777/2025 PR. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX –GHAZIABAD .....Appellant Through: Mr. Ruchir Bhatia, SSC with Mr.Anant Mann & Mr. P Gupta, JSCs versus RAMA ALLIED PRODUCTS MARKETING PVT. LTD. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Rohit Jain, Mr. Deepesh Jain & Mr. Ram Krishna Rao, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH MEHTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD KUMAR

O R D E R %

22.04.

2026 CM APPL. 81376/2025 (delay in filing the appeal)

1.

This is an application filed by the appellant seeking condonation of 110 days’ delay in filing the appeal.

2.

For the reasons stated therein, the application is allowed and the delay of 110 days in filing the appeal stands condoned.

3.

The application is disposed of. ITA 777/2025

4.

By way of the present appeal filed under Section 260 A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act of 1961’), the appellant has challenged the order dated 28.02.2025, passed by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench “F”, New Delhi. (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Tribunal’) and proposed the following substantial questions of law: This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 25/04/2026 at 12:54:15

ITA 777/2025 (i) Whether on the facts, circumstances and in law, the order of the ITAT is perverse as the appeal of revenue has been dismissed refuting each allegation which were based on the material on record and holding that all the allegations were unsustainable, ignoring the plethora of evidence which is bringing out that the fraudulent nature of the transactions of the assessee? (ii) Whether on the facts, circumstances and in law, ITAT has erred in deleting the additions made by the Assessing Officer on account of alleged bogus purchases from M/s Raghubir Singh Devindra Kumar without properly considering the crucial incriminatory statements from the proprietors of the seller concern, transporter owners, and key employees of the assessee such as Mr Sanjay Mudgal. These statements explicitly pointed towards manipulation and non-genuine nature of the transactions, which the ITAT failed to reconcile with the documentary evidence? (iii) Whether on facts and circumstances and in law, the ITAT has erred in relying on invoices, transport receipts, ledger details, and bank statements produced by the assessee to establish genuineness of purchases, which did not adequately address the material discrepancies and contradictions in the documents, including inconsistent transportation vehicle details and failure to maintain stock reconciliation, which are fundamental to verify actual receipt and consumption of goods? (iv) Whether on facts and circumstances and in law, the ITAT has erred in allowing the appeal filed by the Assessee by not This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 25/04/2026 at 12:54:15

ITA 777/2025 considering the facts that the payment through banking channel to the supplier does not ipso facto validate the genuineness of purchases, especially where the transport payments were made by the supplier being common modus operandi in bogus transactions designed to mislead the Revenue Authorities? (v) Whether on the facts, circumstances and in law, the ITAT has erred in failing to appreciating the reasoning adopted by the AO in making the addition of Rs. 12,94,429/- on account of un- reconciled turnover based on the data seized during the course of search and seizure operation by holding that the same relate to M/s Rush Unit Purchase A/c without any further verification? (vi) Whether on the facts, circumstances and in law, the ITAT has erred in deleting addition of Rs. 12,75,741/- made on account of different stock verified from the closing stock as appearing in the books of the assessee with the physical stock available on the date of survey, which was confirmed by CIT(A) overlooking the fact that the said, addition was made after proper reconciliation of stock at the time of survey and subsequently confirmed by the CIT(A)?

5.

Learned senior standing counsel for the appellant-Department argued that the Appellate Authority has deleted the addition without properly appreciating the facts and material on record.

6.

Learned senior standing counsel for the appellant-Department invited Court’s attention towards para No. 3 of the conclusion of the remand report sent by the Assessing Officer to the Appellate Authority and highlighted that it has been reported that cheque books of M/s Devender Kumar were This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 25/04/2026 at 12:54:15

ITA 777/2025 found/recovered from assessee’s possession.

7.

Learned counsel for the respondent while maintaining that the addition was rightly deleted and the same is based on proper appreciation of evidence, argued that, in any case, the same do not give rise to any question of law much less a substantial question of law. He submitted that this Court, in its limited jurisdiction under Section 260A of the Act of 1961, would not go into the appreciation of evidence.

8.

We feel that though all other issues are questions of fact but following question does arise from the order of the Tribunal : (a) Whether possession of cheque books of the three concerns from whom the purchase bills were allegedly procured and the statement of Mohan Lal Gupta and Devender Kumar (that they have provided bills to the petitioner) are not enough to conclude that the respondent-assessee had procured the bogus purchase bills?

9.

At this juncture, learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that even if this question is framed and decided against the assessee, then also the total addition amounts to Rs.24 lakhs. He argued that the appeal would not be maintainable in light of Circular No.5/2024 dated 15.03.2024 and Circular No.9/2024 dated 17.09.2024 issued by Central Board of Direct Taxes.

10.

Having heard the parties and upon perusal of record, we find that the basic grievance that has been raised by the appellant in the present appeal is in relation to the addition of Rs.9,12,34,171/- vis-à-vis M/s Sachin Traders.

11.

Question Nos.1 to 6 as proposed by the appellant show that they pertain to appreciation of evidence and finding of facts and do not warrant This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 25/04/2026 at 12:54:15

ITA 777/2025 interference of this Court in the limited jurisdiction under Section 260A of the Act of 1961. 12. Further, since the tax effect in the instant appeal falls below the limits prescribed in CBDT Circular No.5/2024 dated 15.03.2024 read with Circular No. 9/2024 dated 17.09.2024, the appeal is liable to be dismissed.

13.

The appeal is, therefore, dismissed. DINESH MEHTA, J VINOD KUMAR, J APRIL 22, 2026/kk This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 25/04/2026 at 12:54:15

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