Ponniam Service Co-Operative Society, Ponniam vs. ITO, Ward-2, Kannur
ITA 239/COCH/2024[2015-2016]Status: DisposedITAT Cochin07 Nov 2024AY 2015-2016
Bench: Shri Satbeer Singh Godara & Shri Amarjit Singhasst.Year 2015-16 M/S. Ponniam Service Cooperative Ito, Ward-2, Bank Ltd., V. Kannur Ponniam Service Cooperative Society, Kadirur, Ponniam, Thalassery, Kannur, Kerala - 670641 Pan : Aadap2107P (Appellant) (Respondent) Appellant By : Sri Arun Raj S, Advocate Respondent By : Smt.V.Swarnalatha, Sr.Dr Date Of Pronouncement : 07.11. 2024 Date Of Hearing : 14.08.2024 O R D E R Per Bench : This Assessee’S Appeal In Ita No.239/Coch/2024 For Assessment Year 2015-16 Arises Out Of The Order Of The Commissioner Of Income-Tax (Appeals) / Nfac Vide Din & Order No.Itba/Apl/S/250/2023-24/1060785594(1) Dated 12.02.2024, In Proceedings U/S.250 Of The Income-Tax Act, 1961; In Short “The Act” Hereinafter.
For Appellant: Sri Arun Raj S, AdvocateFor Respondent: Smt.V.Swarnalatha, Sr.DR
Section 250Section 80PSection 80P(2)Section 80P(2)(a)Section 80P(2)(d)
…interest income derived from deposits made in cooperative societies. Learned departmental representative quoted Totagars Co-operative Sales Society Ltd. Vs. ITO (2010) 322 ITR 283 (SC) and PCIT & Anr. v. Totagars Co-operative Sales Society reported in (2017) 395 ITR 611 (Kar.) to buttress the point that such an interest income could not be held in the nature of regular business of income and therefore, the impugned disallowance deserves to be upheld. 4. We notice in this background that the very issue stands adjudicated in hon'ble jurisdictional high court’s recent decision in ITA No. 323 of 2019 in the case of…