MUMBAI METROPLITAN REGION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,MUMBAI vs. DDIT (E) -1(1), MUMBAI
In the result, appeal filed by the assessee is partly allowed and revenue is dismissed
ITA 4395/MUM/2019[2015-16]Status: DisposedITAT Mumbai03 Jan 2022AY 2015-16
Bench: Shri S. Rifaur Rahman, Hon'Ble & Shri Pavan Kumar Gadale, Hon'Ble
For Appellant: Shri Saurabh SoparkarFor Respondent: Shri Parag Vyas
Section 10Section 10(20)Section 11Section 12Section 12ASection 143(2)Section 143(3)
…rejudice, even if services are held to be rendered, it is for the GOM and not for any trade, business or commerce. d. We rely on the decision of Hon, ITAT of Chandigarh in the case of Himachal Pradesh Environment protection and Pollution Control Board vs CIT (42 SOT 343) wherein it was held that "In order to invoke second limb of proviso to s. 2(15), ‘rendering of service to trade, commerce or business’ must be such that it has a profit motive—Activities performed by the assessee are regulatory functions for the public good, and any collection of fees or charges in the course of discharging these regulatory funct…