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Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, COCHIN BENCH, COCHIN
Before: Shri Satbeer Singh Godara & Shri Amarjit Singh
O R D E R Per Bench These assessee’s twin appeals & 298/Coch/2023, arise against orders of the National Faceless Appeal Centre , Delhi [CIT(A)] in proceedings u/s. 250 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (the Act) as under : - DIN & Order No. Date No. 1 297/Coch/2023 2013-14 ITBA/NFAC/S/250/2022- 27.02.2023 23/1050151652(1) 2 298/Coch/2023 2015-16 ITBA/NFAC/S/250/2022- 27.02.2023 23/1050151807(1)
Heard both the parties. Case files perused.
& 298/Coch/2023 Mannarghat Rubber Estates P. Ltd. 2. It emerges during the course of hearing that the assessee’s identical sole substantive ground placed in both these appeals challenge the lower authorities action treating its sale proceeds from transfer of “agricultural land” as business income thereby holding that it had taken a plunge in adventure in land trading activities.
Learned Sr. DR refers to the para 4 of the assessment order in former AY 2013-14 and para 3.3 of the latter assessment; respectively that the assessee has been rightly assessed for its impugned business income.
We note in this factual backdrop that there is no indication in the former AY 2013-14 before us that the assessee has sold/transferred its agricultural land. We are of the considered view therefore that the assessee could not be held to have engaged in any adventure or business in land dealings in AY 2013-14. The factual position is the opposite in the latter AY 2015-16 it has been found that the assessee had sold/transferred its lands after due plotting as per the assessment order. Learned counsel indeed very fair in not being able to rebut all the relevant facts to this clinching effect.
Faced with this situation, we allow the assessee’s former appeal ITA 297/Coch/2023 for AY 2013-14 and dismiss the latter case ITA 298/Coch/2023 for AY 2015-16 in very terms. A copy of this common order be placed in the respective case files.