THE COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX vs. KARNATAKA POWER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION LTD

I IN ThE HIGH caiwr OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE DATED fluB THE 15Th DAY OF MARCH 2012 WESENT THE HON’BLE MRJUflCE N. KUMAR AND THE HONtE MR SflCE RA MALWflI ifA NO.28712011 Ban: PIt Comminxwr ofIrnrnwtax LTU, JSS Town. BSK UI Sage, Ba%alore 2. ¶11w 1rromeTax Officer its - Feroz KMrqjlbbai Conimerdal Compla, Opp CMI Hospital Dr Arnbedkar Roads Beatme 590 001 3 The Income Tax Officer Liii (TDS) JSS Towers BSK III Stage Baiaiore AWELLANTS (By SrL MN.Seshachaia for K.V.Ara’4nd, Ad,cate)

2 And Karnataiw. Power Trazwmission Cor,ration I td Bangalore Major Worb (8) DMaIon Nehru Nagar Belgaum -587102 RESK)NDENT (By Sri. Clwthna ICIC , Aate) o-o-o This ifA is filed under Salon 260A of LT,Act, 1%l arising out of order dated 17.03.2011 passed in ITA No 362/ Bang/2010 for the sssnt year 200& 0% praying dat this Hon’ble Court y he psed to formulate the substandal questIons of law stated This TFA ming on for Hearing this days Nj.J, delivered the following: This apa1 a the nue. The subaz1 qualans of law dat arise for canaideratlon in this aral are as under (1)Whether the lwbwwd was ht in splitting up the cartVa, which, according to the rwerauç, was one M.D of the canposite cantrat, into

3 sudi as part of the cxrntrasl attributable to the value of the materials Uwolued in the ezec*stion ofthe work and otherpart ofthe asttract such as civil works and taking the view that tax was required to be deducted at suna only in respect of the work — of the csntract and not matn*dpan ofthe wntraaP j2)W7ether the ‘Wibunal wasjustified in conducting that interest under Section 201(IA) of the Incame Tax Act II ie not Iwiable, as the aaeeas’ee was not liable to make any deductions in respect of the value of the material port of the contract though the contract was one of whole contra?’ 2 Th Court had an occaslin to conakier tkt appesis where the said qiathas were trneshved in the one of Cammtnlwwr ofiwoom. Tax and others 1 sa Karnataka Power flansmtadan Caporatton Lbnttsd disposed of on ewr late rid has answered UL

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