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Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, “B” BENCH, CHENNAI
Before: SHRI N.R.S. GANESAN & SHRI A. MOHAN ALANKAMONY
आदेश /O R D E R
PER N.R.S. GANESAN, JUDICIAL MEMBER:
This appeal of the assessee is directed against the order of
the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) – 14, Chennai, dated
05.08.2015 and pertains to assessment year 2009-10.
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Shri R. Sivaraman, the Ld.counsel for the assessee,
submitted that the assessee, a retired employee of Supreme Court
of India, filed his return of income on 07.02.2011 for the assessment
year 2009-10. The Assessing Officer reopened the assessment by
issuing notice under Section 148 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (in
short 'the Act') on the presumption that the assessee has not filed
any return of income. Referring to page 1 of the paper-book, the
Ld.counsel submitted that this is an acknowledgement for the return
uploaded by the assessee electronically on 07.02.2011. Therefore,
it is not correct to say that the assessee has not filed any return of
income for the assessment year 2009-10. Referring to the reasons
recorded by the Assessing Officer for reopening assessment, the
Ld.counsel submitted that the reason for reopening the assessment
was furnished only on 22.04.2015 after completion of assessment.
Therefore, the entire assessment proceeding is not valid. The
Ld.counsel placed his reliance on the judgment of Bombay High
Court in CIT v. Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (2012) 340 ITR 66 and
submitted that the Bombay High Court found that when the reasons
recorded for reopening of assessment were not furnished to the
assessee till the completion of assessment, then the reassessment
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proceeding cannot be upheld. In view of this judgment of the
Bombay High Court, the reopening of the assessment is not valid.
Referring to page 3 of the paper-book, the Ld.counsel
submitted that this is a copy of the reasons recorded by the
Assessing Officer for reopening of the assessment. According to
the Ld. counsel, the Assessing Officer found that the assessee has paid `2,24,800/- for purchasing a plot of 1603 sq.ft. and
`30,22,400/- for purchasing plot of 1841 sq.ft., to Tamil Nadu
Housing Board. The above said payments were made during the
financial year 2007-08 and 2009-10. The Assessing Officer
admitted that the assessee filed the return of income for the
assessment year 2009-10 on 07.02.2011 admitting a total income of `1,46,000/-. According to the Ld. counsel, when the amounts were
paid during the financial year 2007-08 and 2009-10, it is for the
Assessing Officer to reopen the assessments for the financial year
2007-08 and 2009-10 relevant to assessment year 2008-09 and
2010-11. On the basis of the payments said to be made for the
financial years 2007-08 and 2009-10, the assessment relating to
financial year 2008-09 relevant to assessment year 2009-10 cannot
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be reopened. Therefore, the entire reassessment proceeding is
invalid.
Referring to merit of the appeal, the Ld.counsel submitted that the Assessing Officer made an addition of `22,86,645/- as
unexplained investment in the land. According to the Ld. counsel,
Tamil Nadu Housing Board allotted a plot to the assessee at Nolambur, Chennai on 18.06.2008 for `30,86,645/-. The assessee
explained the source for making investment during the financial year
2008-09 relevant to assessment year 2009-10, as follows:-
(a) Loan from Shri Sunilkumar ` 8,00,000/- (b) Loan from Shri Kandasamy ` 7,50,000/- (c) Loan from Shri K. Sreenivasan ` 2,50,000/- (d) Loan from Shri Surya ` 4,00,000/- (e) Loan from Shri Narayanan ` 3,00,000/- (f) From sale of jewellery ` 5,02,070/-
Out of this, the Assessing Officer herself admitted the loan of `8,00,000/- from Shri Sunilkumar. However, she did not accept the
loan from others and sale of jewellery to the extent of `22,86,645/-.
Referring to the loan received from Shri Kandasamy to the extent of `7,50,000/-, the Ld.counsel for the assessee submitted
that Shri Kandasamy is none other than father-in-law of the
assessee. The said Shri Kandasamy confirmed the grant of loan
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before the Assessing Officer to the extent of `7,50,000/-. A copy of
the confirmation letter given by Shri Kandasamy is available at Annexure 2 of the paper-book. According to the Ld. counsel, Shri
Kandasamy is a retired teacher from Government school. Besides his pension, he is also having agricultural income. Shri Kandasamy is also earning income from painting. Shri Kandasamy’s son,
daughter and daughter-in-law are Government employees. However, the Assessing Officer rejected the claim of the assessee on the ground that Shri Kandasamy has withdrawn `5,89,000/- out
of his total retirement benefits of `6,11,689/-. Therefore, nothing is
left out. The Assessing Officer also found that Shri Kandasamy had no capacity to give `7,50,000/- to the assessee. Accordingly, the
Assessing Officer made an addition of `7,50,000/-. The Ld.counsel
submitted that Shri Kandasamy retired from service in the year 2004. The last drawn salary before his retirement was `8,000/-.
After the retirement, he was cultivating the land and doing painting work also. The Assessing Officer disbelieved the claim of the assessee with regard to agricultural income on the ground that the
Shri Kandasamy gifted the land to his daughter. According to the Ld. counsel, even after gift of land to his daughter, Shri Kandasamy continued to cultivate the land and earned agricultural income.
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According to the Ld. counsel, Shri Kandasamy, being a retired teacher, his savings were available for making loan of `7,50,000/- to
his son-in-law, the present assessee. The CIT(Appeals), without
appreciating the contention of the assessee, confirmed the addition
made by the Assessing Officer. According to the Ld. counsel, the
CIT(Appeals) ought to have appreciated the material available on
record, including the confirmation letter filed by Shri Kandasamy.
According to the Ld. counsel, at the best, the addition could be
made only in the hands of Shri Kandasamy and not in the hands of
the present assessee.
Referring to the loan said to be received from Shri K.
Seenivasan, the Ld.counsel for the assessee submitted that Shri
Seenivasan is none other than father-in-law of Shri M. Manohar,
younger brother of the assessee. Shri Seenivasan is running a
grocery store. During examination, Shri Seenivasan admitted that he gave a loan of `2.5 lakhs to Shri Kannabiran, the present
assessee, from the sale proceeds of his wife’s jewellery. Shri
Seenivasan has also filed a confirmation letter before the Assessing
Officer. When the payee confirms the payment of loan, according to
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the Ld. counsel, the CIT(Appeals) is not justified in confirming the
addition made by the Assessing Officer.
Now coming to the loan said to be given by Shri Surya and
Shri Narayanan, the Ld.counsel for the assessee submitted that the assessee received a sum of `4,00,000/- from Shri Surya and also
received a loan of `3,00,000/- from Shri Narayanan. The Assessing
Officer made addition in respect of the loan received from Shri
Surya and Shri Narayanan on the ground that the letters sent to
them were returned unserved by the postal authorities with
endorsement “No such person”. Referring to copy of the Inspector’s
report, which is available at page 48 of the paper-book, the
Ld.counsel submitted that on 02.01.2015, the Inspector found that
the door was locked. However, when he visited the premises again
on 13.01.2015, he did not visit Flat No.B-6. The Inspector did not
investigate whether Shri Tamilselvan is the actual owner of the
property or not. According to the Ld. counsel, due to harassment by
the Department, Shri Surya and Shri Narayanan refused to give
confirmation letters. According to the Ld. counsel, the fact is that
the assessee has received the money from Shri Surya and Shri
Narayanan and the Assessing Officer has not taken any further
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steps after the letter return by the postal authorities. Therefore,
there is no justification for making any addition.
Now coming to the sale of jewellery to the extent of `5,02,070/-, the Ld.counsel for the assessee submitted that the
assessee sold jewellery to M/s Sujatha Jewellery, 33, Big Street,
Kumbakonam. The purchase bills were filed before the lower
authorities and copies of the same are available at pages 35 to 47
of the paper-book. The Assessing Officer claimed that one Shri
Inder Chand Chethia, proprietor of M/s Sujatha Jewellery, was
examined and told that no jewellery was purchased from the
assessee. When M/s Sujatha Jewellery filed receipt of purchase of
Jewellery and Shri Inder Chand Chethia clarified that he could not
recollect from whom the jewellery was purchased, there is no
justification for making any addition. The fact that M/s Sujatha
Jewellery issued purchase bills for purchasing jewellery is not in
dispute. It is not the case of the Revenue that the copies of the
purchase bills filed before the lower authorities are not the one
issued by M/s Sujatha Jewellery. The fact remains that the
purchase of jewellery from the assessee is evidenced by way of
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purchase bills filed. Therefore, the Assessing Officer cannot ignore
purchase bills issued by M/s Sujatha Jewellery.
The Ld.counsel further submitted that the Assessing Officer also made an addition of `84,575/- as unexplained investment.
According to the Ld. counsel, the assessee was employed as Junior
Attendant in Supreme Court of India for the last 29 years. Out of his
salary income, according to the Ld. counsel, the assessee saved `84,575/-, which was used for making investment in the landed
property. The Ld.counsel further submitted that the material
available on record clearly suggests that the persons who lent
money to the assessee had sufficient source of income. The
CIT(Appeals) without appreciating the material available on record,
simply confirmed the additions made by the Assessing Officer.
Therefore, the order passed by the CIT(Appeals) confirming the
order of the Assessing Officer is to be quashed.
On the contrary, Dr. B. Nischal, the Ld. Departmental
Representative, submitted that admittedly, the assessee is a retired
employee of Supreme Court of India. Referring to the letter of the
Assessing Officer dated 22.04.2015, whereby the reasons for
reopening of assessment were given to the assessee, the Ld. D.R.
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submitted that the assessee himself asked for reasons vide his
letter dated 17.04.2015. It was admittedly furnished on 22.04.2015.
The assessment order was in fact completed on 31.03.2015.
Therefore, there is no negligence on the part of the Assessing
Officer in furnishing the reasons recorded for reopening of
assessment. On a query from the Bench, when the Assessing
Officer found that the assessee has paid the amounts during the
financial year 2007-08 and 2009-10 relevant to the assessment year
2008-09 and 2010-11, how the Assessing Officer reopened the
assessment for assessment year 2009-10? The Ld. D.R. could not
give any explanation. Referring to the observation made by the
Assessing Officer with regard to filing of return of income, the Ld.
D.R. submitted that the assessee filed the return of income
electronically, therefore, it was not within the knowledge of the
Assessing Officer. On a query from the Bench, when the
Department requests the citizens of this country to file the return
electronically, can the Assessing Officer say that the return was not
within her knowledge? The Ld. D.R. submitted that he has to verify
the details from the Assessing Officer. According to the Ld. D.R.,
the assessee has not disclosed the investment made by him in the
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return filed, therefore, the Assessing Officer has rightly reopened
the assessment by issuing notice under Section 148 of the Act.
Referring to the assessment order, the Ld. D.R. pointed out
that the Assessing Officer received information from Addl. Director
of Income Tax (Investigation), Kochi. Accordingly, certain enquiries
were conducted by the Deputy Director of Income Tax
(Investigation) regarding allotment of land by Tamil Nadu Housing
Board at Alapakkam and Nolambur to the assessee. According to
the Ld. D.R., the assessee applied for allotment of plots at
Nolambur and Alapakkam from Tamil Nadu Housing Board. During
the financial year 2007-08, the assessee was allotted a plot at Alapakam for a sum of `2.25 lakhs. On 18.06.2008, the assessee
was allotted another plot at Nolambur by Tamil Nadu Housing Board for a sum of `30,86,645/-. The assessee accepted the allotment
and paid a sum of `30,86,645/-. The assessee claimed that the
source for making investment was the fund borrowed from five
persons and sale of jewellery. In fact, the loan from Shri Sunil
Kumar was accepted by the Assessing Officer. However, in respect
of loans from Shri Kandasamy, Shri Seenivasan, Shri Surya and
Shri Narayanan were not accepted by the Assessing Officer.
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According to the Ld. D.R., Shri Kandasamy is a retired school
teacher and he has no sufficient funds for making savings to the extent of `7,50,000/-. Even though Shri Kandasamy confirmed the
loan given to the assessee to the extent of `7,50,000/-, the
Assessing Officer, on investigation, found that the said Shri
Kandasamy has no capacity to lend the money. Therefore, the
Assessing Officer rejected the claim of the assessee in respect of
the loan said to be received from Shri Kandasamy. Referring to the
loan said to be received from Shri Seenivasan, the Ld. D.R. pointed
out that the said Shri Seenivasan is the father-in-law of Shri M.
Manohar, the younger brother of the assessee. Shri Seenivasan
was having a small grocery shop. It was submitted before the
Assessing Officer that he has not advanced any loan.
Referring to the loan said to be taken from Shri Surya and
Shri Narayanan, the Ld. D.R. pointed out that the assessee claimed before the Assessing Officer that he has taken loan of `4,00,000/-
from Shri Surya and a sum of `3,00,000/- from Shri Narayanan.
The Ld. D.R. further pointed out that the letter issued by the
Assessing Officer was returned with postal endorsement “No such
person/address”. Coming to the sale of jewellery, the Ld. D.R.
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pointed out that the assessee could not satisfy the Assessing Officer that he received `5,02,070/- towards sale proceeds of gold
jewellery. In the absence of any satisfactory reason, the Assessing
Officer has rightly rejected the claim of the assessee. The Ld. D.R. further submitted that in the absence of any evidence, the Assessing Officer has made an addition of ` 84,575/- which was
claimed as saving from salary. Accordingly, the Ld. D.R. submitted that the CIT(Appeals) has rightly confirmed the unexplained investment made by the assessee to the extent of `22,86,645/-.
We have considered the rival submissions on either side and perused the relevant material on record. Admittedly, the assessee is a retired employee of Supreme Court. The Assessing Officer made an addition of `22,86,645/- being unexplained investment in
the landed property. The assessee explained before the Assessing
Officer that the source for purchasing the landed property from Tamil Nadu Housing Board is the loan borrowed from various persons including the sale of gold jewellery belonging to the assessee and saving from salary to the extent of ` 84,575/-. In fact,
the assessee explained before the Assessing Officer that the Tamil
Nadu Housing Board allotted a plot of land to the assessee at
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Nolambur for a total sum of `30,86,645/-. The source for making
the payment to Tamil Nadu Housing Board is as follows:-
` 8,00,000/- (1) Loan from Shri Sunilkumar (2) Loan from Shri Kandasamy ` 7,50,000/- (3) Loan from Shri K. Seenivasan ` 2,50,000/- (4) Loan from Shri Surya ` 4,00,000/- (5) Loan from Shri Narayanan ` 3,00,000/- (6) Sale of gold jewellery ` 5,02,070/-
Admittedly, the Assessing Officer accepted the loan of `8,00,000/-
said to be received from Shri Sunilkumar. However, the Assessing
Officer rejected the claim of the assessee in respect of other loans and sale of jewellery to the extent of `22,86,645/-. The
CIT(Appeals) confirmed the addition made by the Assessing Officer.
Let’s now examine the loans taken from each individual as
explained by the assessee. The assessee submitted before the Assessing Officer that he received a sum of `7,50,000/- from his
father-in-law Shri Kandasamy. In fact, Shri Kandasamy appeared
before the Assessing Officer and confirmed the loan. The
Assessing Officer however rejected the claim of the assessee on
the ground that he has no source of income to advance `7,50,000/-
to the assessee. Referring to the written submission and the
annexures, which are available at paper-book, the Ld.counsel for
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the assessee pointed out that Shri Kandasamy is a retired teacher
drawing pension and he is also having agricultural land and
agricultural income. The Assessing Officer, after referring to the
explanation of the assessee, observed that Shri Kandasamy neither had means nor credible source to advance a sum of `7,50,000/- to
the assessee. The fact remains that Shri Kandasamy is a retired
teacher and is drawing pension regularly. He is also cultivating the
land and receiving agricultural income. From the orders of the lower
authorities it is seen that the assessee was holding 3.05 acres of
Nanjai lands and 32 cents of Punjai lands. The Assessing Officer
disbelieved the claim of agricultural income on the ground that the
assessee has gifted all the Nanjai lands to his daughter Smt.
Manjula in June, 2007. However, the said Shri Kandasamy claimd
before the Assessing Officer that even after gifting the lands to his
daughter, he was enjoying the agricultural income. The Assessing
Officer, mainly placing reliance on the statement made by Shri
Kandasamy that he is not in the habit of saving, observed that after
completion of marriage of his son and daughter, Shri Kandasamy
left with no cash balance. It is an admitted fact that the assessee has withdrawn a sum of `5,00,000/- on 10.06.2008. The Assessing
Officer disbelieved the claim of the assessee on the ground that the
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payment was said to be made in April, 2008. Therefore, the money
withdrawn on 10.06.2008 could not have been used for advancing
the same to the assessee. The fact remains that the assessee is a
retired Head Master of a school and he is receiving pension. The
assessee is also cultivating Nanjai lands to the extent of 3.02 acres.
The said Shri Kandasamy is residing in a village. His requirement
for daily maintenance is very low. This Tribunal is of the considered
opinion that even though the land was gifted to the daughter of Shri
Kandasamy, the fact that continuance of cultivating the land and
enjoying agricultural income cannot be doubted. The said Shri Kandasamy is having bank balance and withdrew `5,00,000/- on
10.06.2008. The observation made by the Assessing Officer at
para 2.4.5 of her order shows that there was a fixed deposit and
after maturity, the same was credited in the bank account.
Therefore, it cannot be said that the said Shri Kandasamy has no
habbit of saving.
The economic scenario which prevails in India cannot be
totally ignored by the Assessing Officer while considering the cash
credit claimed by the assessee. During the financial year 2008-09
relevant to the assessment year under consideration, the agriculture
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coolie was `250/- per day for working for five hours. If a husband
and wife go for agriculture work in any of the family, they can earn minimum of `500/- per day. An average income of a family, which
goes for daily work is `15,000/- per month. The Assessing Officer
also needs to take into consideration that Government of Tamil Nadu is providing free rice to the extent 25 KGs to a family. After
taking into consideration that a reasonable family could save more than `400/- per day, that means the reasonable family having no
regular employment could save `12,000/- per month. The people in
the State, more particularly, in the agriculture sector are illiterate
and they do not have bank account. Therefore, the people use to save the money by keeping the cash in their respective house. When this is the economic situation prevailed in the country, an
educated person like Shri Kandasamy who is receiving pension apart from retirement benefits as a Head Master and is also cultivating land to the extent of 3.02 acres. Even if he estimates agricultural income to the extent of `1 lakh per acre, the average income would be `3 lakhs per annum. Apart from this, Shri
Kandasamy is also receiving pension. This Tribunal is of the considered opinion that when Shri Kandasamy is having so much of
resources or source for earning income, the Assessing Officer is not
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justified in rejecting the claim of Shri Kandasamy for advancing a sum of `7,50,000/- to the assessee who is none other than the son-
in-law of Shri Kandasamy. In view of this factual situation, this
Tribunal is unable to uphold the orders of the lower authorities.
Now coming to the loan said to be received from Shri Seenivasan to the extent of `2,50,000/-, Shri Seenivasan is the
father-in-law of the assessee’s brother Shri M. Manohar. The said Shri Seenivasan confirmed the loan of `2,50,000/- in writing. The
source for making the loan was the sale proceeds of gold jewellery
belonging to Shri Seenivasan.
We have carefully gone through the statement recorded by the Assessing Officer from the said Shri Seenivasan under Section
131 of the Act. The said Shri Seenivasan claimed before the Assessing Officer that he was running a provision store for the last four years. He also claimed before the Assessing Officer that he was earning `10,000/- per month. In response to Question No.12,
the said Shri Seenivasan claimed before the Assessing Officer
during examination under Section 131 of the Act, that he advanced a sum of `2,50,000/- to the assessee, who is none other than the
brother of his son-in-law, from the sale proceeds of gold jewellery
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belonging to his wife. In response to Question No.23, the said Shri
Seenivasan clarified that on the suggestion / recommendation made by his son-in-law, he advanced a sum of `2,50,000/- to the
assessee. Lastly, in response to Question No.30, the said Shri
Seenivasan answered that he has not given any money to the
assessee. A bare reading of the statement said to be recorded from
Shri Seenivasan clearly shows that he advanced a sum of `2,50,000/- from the sale proceeds of the gold jewellery belonging
to his wife. When he was examined persistently, in response to
Question No.30, he explained that he has not given any money to
the assessee. This statement recorded by the Assessing Officer
wherein the said Shri Seenivasan denied the fact of advancing loan
does not inspire confidence. When Shri Seenivasan clearly
explained that he advanced money on the suggestion made by his
son son-in-law Shri Manoharan, to the assessee, from the sale
proceeds of gold jewellery belonging to his wife, it is not known
where the sale proceeds of gold jewellery has gone if the money
was not advanced to the assessee. Hence, the answer given by
Shri Seenivasan to Question No.30 before the Assessing Officer
does not inspire confidence. Therefore, the Assessing Officer
cannot place reliance only on the answer given by Shri Seenivasan
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to Question No.30, ignoring all other answers given by Shri
Seenivasan. This Tribunal is of the considered opinion that the
statement recorded from Shri Seenivasan clearly suggests that he advanced a sum of `2,50,000/- and the source for making such
advance was the sale proceeds of gold jewellery belonging to his
wife. In those circumstances, this Tribunal is of the considered
opinion that the Assessing Officer is not justified in rejecting the
source of loan said to be received by the assessee from Shri
Seenivasan.
Now coming to the loans said to be received from Shri Surya
and Shri Narayanan, the assessee claimed before the lower authorities that he received `4,00,000/- from Shri Surya and
`3,00,000/- from Shri Narayanan. The Assessing Officer placed
reliance on the Inspector’s report to show that the above said two
persons were not residing in the address given by the assessee. A
copy of the report said to have been filed by the Income-tax
Inspector before the Assessing Officer is available at page 48 of the
paper-book. The Assessing Officer also claimed that the notice
sent by her was returned with endorsement “no such person”. The
fact that the letter was returned with an endorsement “No such
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address/ person” and the Inspector’s report that no such person
lived in the address given by the assessee was not brought to the
notice of the assessee at any point of time during the assessment
proceedings. When the postal authorities returned the letter issued
by the Assessing Officer, this Tribunal is of the considered opinion
that the matter should have been brought to the notice of the
assessee and the assessee should have been given an opportunity
to collect the new address of Shri Surya and Shri Narayanan so that
the Assessing Officer can contact the creditors at new address.
The Assessing Officer has not taken any such step after return of
the letter by the postal authorities. An identical issue came before
the Apex Court in CIT v. Orissa Corporation P. Ltd. (1986) (159 ITR
78). The Apex Court after considering an identical situation, found
that since the Assessing Officer has not taken any further step to
find out the address of the creditor by bringing the same to the
notice of the assessee, found that there cannot be any addition. In
view of the judgment of the Apex Court in Orissa Corporation P. Ltd.
(supra), this Tribunal is unable to uphold the observation of the
Assessing Officer with regard to the creditors Shri Surya and Shri
Narayanan.
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Now coming to the sale proceeds of gold jewellery to the extent of `5,02,070/-, the assessee claimed before the Assessing
Officer that the gold jewellery was sold to M/s Sujatha Jewellery at
Kumbakonam. The assessee has also shown copies of the bills of
M/s Sujatha Jewellery. It appears one Shri Inder Chand Chethia
claimed before the Assessing Officer that he is the proprietor of M/s
Sujatha Jewellery and he has not purchased any jewellery as
claimed. The assessee has produced a copy of the receipt issued
by M/s Sujatha Jewellery. The assessee has also filed a copy of
the statement recorded from Shri Inder Chand Chathia. Shri Inder
Chand Chethia clarified before the Assessing Officer that the
purchase bill for gold jewellery was prepared by his accountant Shri
Ramakrishnan. On the basis this statement, the said Shri
Ramakrishnan was also examined and copy of the statement
recorded from him is available at paper-book. Shri Ramakrishnan in
response to Question No.7, explained before the Assessing Officer
that Bill No.301 to Bill No.313 are with regard to purchase of gold
jewellery from Shri M. Kannabiran. The assessee has also filed
copies of the bills issued by M/s Sujatha Jewellery. When M/s
Sujatha Jewellery purchased the gold jewellery from the assessee
and issued purchase bills, it cannot be said that Shri Inder Chand
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Chethia denied the purchase of jewellery from the assessee. The
purchase bills produced by the assessee clearly show that the
assessee sold the gold jewellery to M/s Sujatha Jewellery.
Therefore, this Tribunal is of the considered opinion that there is no
reason to doubt the purchase bills issued by M/s Sujatha Jewellery.
Similarly, the assessee employed in Supreme Court around 29
years, therefore, this Tribunal is of the considered opinion that he might have saved ` 84,575/- from his salary income.
In view of the above facts, this Tribunal is of the considered
opinion that there is no justification in making addition of `22,86,645/-. Accordingly, the orders of the lower authorities are
set aside and the entire addition of `22,86,645/- is deleted. Since
the addition made by the Assessing Officer is deleted on merit, it
may not be necessary for this Tribunal to go into the alternative
grounds raised by the assessee with regard to year of payment as
mentioned by the Assessing Officer in the notice issued under
Section 147 of the Act and also legality of reopening of assessment
under Section 147 of the Act.
In the result, the appeal of the assessee is allowed.
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Order pronounced on 20th November, 2015 at Chennai.
sd/- sd/- (ए. मोहन अलंकामणी) (एन.आर.एस. गणेशन) (A. Mohan Alankamony) (N.R.S. Ganesan) लेखा सद�य/Accountant Member �या�यक सद�य/Judicial Member
चे�नई/Chennai, �दनांक/Dated, the 20th November, 2015.
Kri. आदेश क� ��त�ल�प अ�े�षत/Copy to: 1. अपीलाथ�/Appellant 2. ��यथ�/Respondent 3. आयकर आयु�त (अपील)/CIT(A)-14, Chennai 4. आयकर आयु�त/Pr.CIT-10, Chennai 5. �वभागीय ��त�न�ध/DR 6. गाड� फाईल/GF.