ALLAHABAD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,ALLAHABAD vs. ACIT (EXEMPTION), LUCKNOW

In the result all three appeals of the Assessee are partly allowed

Bench: Sh. Sudhanshu Srivastava & Sh. Nikhil Choudhary

prices and selling the same land on much higher rates and earning a profit therefrom. It highlighted the new trend of auctioning plots by way of bidding and charging of interest on belated payments, to state that no charity was involved in such activities but rather the assessee had converted itself into a big businessman. Therefore, it held that