M/S. HIND BUILDERS PVT. LTD.,NEW DELHI vs. ITO, NEW DELHI

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ITA 6606/DEL/2013Status: DisposedITAT Delhi30 September 2019AY 2005-065 pages

In favour of the Revenue: the assessee's appeal was dismissed. From the AI summary of this appeal.

AI SummaryDismissed

What did the Tribunal hold?

The Tribunal held that it is not possible to proceed with the appeals in the absence of the Official Liquidator. The appeals were dismissed as infructuous, with liberty granted to the parties to seek revival if necessary.

What were the facts?

The assessee company is under winding up proceedings, and an Official Liquidator has been appointed by the High Court. The Official Liquidator has taken possession of all company records. The assessee has repeatedly sought adjournments citing these circumstances.

What were the issues?

Whether the appeals can proceed when the assessee company is under liquidation and its records are with the Official Liquidator. The maintainability of the appeals in the absence of the Official Liquidator being brought on record.

Which sections of the Income-tax Act were involved?

Section 68,Section 2(22)(e)

AI-generated summary — verify with the full judgment below

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, DELHI BENCH “D”: NEW DELHI

Before: SHRI PRASHANT MAHARISHI & SHRI K.NARASIMHA CHARY

For Respondent: Ms Naina Soin Kapil, Sr. DR
Hearing: 20/08/2019

O R D E R PER K. NARASIMHA CHARY, JM Challenging the order dated 30.10.2013 in Appeal No. 209/09 - 10, assessee preferred Rs. 1 crores u/s 68 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (“the Act”), whereas Revenue preferred the appeal challenging the deletion of the addition of Rs.1,15,12,462/- on account of deemed dividend income u/s 2(22)(e) of the Act.

2.

Record reveals that for quite a long time, the assessee has been seeking adjournment of the matter on one ground or the other and consistently submitting that pursuant to the order dated 22.1.2018 passed by the Hon’ble jurisdictional High Court, an official liquidator was appointed and he had taken away all the records of the company on account of winding up petition. That has been the consistent ground submitted for adjournment for several times. Revenue does not dispute the fact of the Hon’ble High Court passing the order dated 22.1.2018.

3.

We have perused the order wherein the Hon’ble High Court observed that the counsel for the assessee before the Hon’ble High Court submitted that the assessee has no means to pay the claim preferred by one of the creditors and the official liquidator attached to the Hon’ble High Court was appointed as a liquidator in the case of assessee also. It was directed by the Hon’ble High Court that the citation will be taken out in the Business Standard {(English) Delhi edition} and Jansatta {(Hindi) Delhi Edition} as well as in the Delhi Gazette with a direction to the petitioner before the High Court to serve a copy of the paper book on the Official Liquidator. In the same order Official Liquidator was directed to take possession of the assets, records, books of accounts etc. of the assessee before us and the premises owned by the assessee including those in which the books of accounts and records of the assessee are lying to be sealed by the official liquidator, if necessary with the assistance of police.

4.

It is, therefore, clear that the official liquidator needs to be brought on record in these two appeals and so far it has not been done. In the absence of the Official Liquidator, it is not possible to proceed with the matter and having heard the counsel on either side, we are of the considered opinion that there does not appear to be any fruitful exercise by keeping these matters pending and while closing the proceedings it would be suffice to grant liberty to the parties to seek revival of the proceedings whenever they deem it necessary, by making application before this Tribunal.

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