RAJHANS NAGARI SAHAKARI PATSANSTHA MARYADIT,MOGALPURA vs. ITO WARD 2, AHMEDNAGAR
आयकर अपीलीय अधिकरण ”बी” न्यायपीठ पुणेमें।
IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL
PUNE BENCHES “B” :: PUNE
BEFORE DR.DIPAK P. RIPOTE, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER
AND SHRI VINAY BHAMORE, JUDICIAL MEMBER
आयकर अपऩल सं. / ITA No.1773/PUN/2025
निर्धारण वषा / Assessment Year: 2018-19
Rajhans
Nagari
Sahakari
Patsanstha Maryadit,
1, Mogalpura, Sangamner,
Tal-Sangamner,
Dist-Ahmednagar,
Ahmednagar – 422605. V s.
The Income Tax Officer,
Ward-2, Pune.
PAN: AAAAR3555J
Appellant/ Assessee
Respondent / Revenue
Assessee by Shri Piyush Bafna
Revenue by Shri Aviyogi Ambadkar– Add.CIT(DR)
Date of hearing
10/09/2025
Date of pronouncement 19/09/2025
आदेश/ ORDER
PER DR. DIPAK P. RIPOTE, AM:
This appeal is filed by the Assessee against the order of ld.Commissioner of Income Tax(Appeal)[NFAC] passed under section 250 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 for A.Y.2018-19, dated
20.03.2025 emanating from Assessment Order u/s.154 of the I.T.Act, dated 26.11.2019. The assessee has raised following grounds of appeal :
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“1. On the facts and in the circumstances of the case and without prejudice to any other grounds, the learned CIT(A) has erred in not condoning the delay in filing the appeal before him despite there being a reasonable cause explained during the course of appellate proceedings as well as by way of affidavit and hence the appeal of the Appellant may please be admitted, adjudicated on merits and the additions made may please be deleted
On the facts and in the circumstances of the case and without prejudice to any other grounds, the learned CIT(A) has erred in passing an order under section 250 of the Act without adjudicating the matter on merits and without dealing with the specific grounds raised by the appellant, in violation of the mandate of section 250(6) of the Act and therefore, the impugned order, being non-speaking and devoid of proper reasoning, is bad in law and deserves to be quashed
On the facts and in the circumstances of the case and without prejudice to any other grounds, the learned CIT(A) has erred in law and on facts in upholding the disallowance of deduction under section 80P of the Act while processing the return under section 143(1), ignoring that the amendment to section 143(1)(a)(v) permitting such adjustment was introduced by the Finance Act, 2021 with effect from 01-04-2021 and is prospective in nature, accordingly, for A.Y 2018-19, the disallowance is without juri iction and thus, liable to be deleted
On the facts and in the circumstances of the case and without prejudice to a other grounds, Ld. CIT-Appeal and Ld. CPC have erred in confirming/making the addition of Rs 15.02.580/- under section 143(1) which is without juri iction and hence, bad in law and thus, the same may please be deleted and quashed
On the facts and in the circumstances of the case and without prejudice to any other grounds, whether Appellant is eligible for exemption u/s 80P or not, is a debatable issue and requires long drawn process of reasons and arguments and verification of facts and could only be decided in the detailed assessment and not by way of intimation
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u/s 143(1) and thus, the adjustment made by the CPC Bangalore in the impugned intimation u/s 143(1) making addition of Rs 15,02,580/-is without juri iction and hence, the said intimation as well as adjustment/ addition made therein may please be quashed
On the facts and in the circumstances of the case and in law and without prejudice to any other ground, Ld. CPC Bengaluru has erred in denying the exemption u/s 80P of the Act and thereby further erred in assessing the total income of the Appellant at Rs 15.02.580/- as against the returned income of Rs NIL which is factually and legally incorrect and invalid and hence, the same may be quashed
On the facts and in the circumstances of the case and in law and without prejudice to any other ground, Ld. CPC Bengaluru has erred in levying interest u/s 234A, 234B and 234C of the Act and hence, the same may please be deleted.
On the facts and in the circumstances of the case and in law and without prejudice to any other ground. Ld. CPC Bengaluru has erred in levying fee u/s 234F of the Act and hence, the same may please be deleted
The appellant craves leave to add, amend, modify, alter, revise, substitute, or withdraw any or all grounds of the appeal, if deemed necessary at the time of hearing of the appeal, in the interest of justice.”
Findings & Analysis :
We have heard both the parties and perused the records. In this case, there was a delay in filing appeal before ld.CIT(A) of one year, ten months. Ld.CIT(A) dismissed the appeal of the assessee on the ground of delay.
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3. Before us, ld.AR filed copy of the Affidavit and a table containing calculation of delay. Ld.AR submitted that after excluding the Covid-19 period from 15.03.2020 to 28.02.2022, the actual delay is only of 80 days. This fact has not been rebutted by ld.DR for the Revenue.
We have perused the Affidavit filed by the ld.AR and are convinced that there was sufficient cause for not filing the appeal within time. In these facts and circumstances of the case, we direct ld.CIT(A) to condone the delay and decide the appeal on merits. Accordingly, the order of the ld.CIT(A) is set-aside to ld.CIT(A) for denovo adjudication. Accordingly, grounds of appeal raised by the Assessee are allowed for statistical purpose.
In the result, appeal of the assessee is allowed for statistical purpose. Order pronounced in the open Court on 19 September, 2025. VINAY BHAMORE
Dr.DIPAK P. RIPOTE
JUDICIAL MEMBER
ACCOUNTANT MEMBER
पपणे / Pune; ददिधंक / Dated : 19 Sep, 2025/ SGR
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आदेशकीप्रनिनलनपअग्रेनषि / Copy of the Order forwarded to :
1. अपऩलधर्थी / The Appellant.
2. प्रत्यर्थी / The Respondent.
3. The CIT(A), concerned.
4. The Pr. CIT, concerned.
5. नवभधगऩयप्रनिनिनर्, आयकर अपऩलऩय अनर्करण, “बऩ” बेंच, पपणे / DR,
ITAT, “B” Bench, Pune.
गधर्ाफ़धइल / Guard File. आदेशधिपसधर / BY ORDER,
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Senior Private Secretary
आयकर अपऩलऩय अनर्करण, पपणे/ITAT, Pune.