ST JOSEPH'S CONVENT CHANDANNAGAR EDUCATINAL SOCITY.,KOLKATA vs. J.C.I.T. (OSD), CIR- 2,HOOGHLY, HOOGHLY

In the result, the appeal of the assessee is allowed

Bench: Hon’Ble Shri N.V.Vasudevan, Jm & Shri M.Balaganesh, Am]

3. The brief facts of this issue are that the assessee is a society registered under the West Bengal Societies Act and is also registered u/s 12A of the Act with effect from 1.4.2003. Registration u/s 12AA of the Act was also granted on the application of the assessee vide order of the DIT (Exemptions ) Kolkata dated 7.10.2009 with retrospective

BALLARAM HANUMANDAS CHARITABLE TRUST,KOLKATA vs. CIT(EXEMPTIONS), KOL., KOLKATA

In the result, appeal of assessee stands allowed

Bench: Shri Aby.T Varkey & Shri Waseem Ahmedassessment Year :2012-13

3) of the IT Act, 1961 is as follows:- ITA No.431/Kol/2017 A.Y. 2012-13 Ballaram Hanumandas Charitable Trust Vs. CIT(Ex) Kol. Page 5 ‘Where a trust or an institution has been granted registration under clause (b) of sub-section (1) [or has obtained registration at any time under section 12A

JHA EDUCATIONAL TRUST,KOLKATA vs. CIT(EXEMPTIONS), KOLKATA, KOLKATA

In the result, all the three appeals of assessee are allowed

Bench: Shri Waseem Ahmed & Shri Partha Sarathi Chowdhury

charitable work was done by the assessee by giving donations; (vii) the activities of the assessee were not genuine or were not carried out in accordance with or were contrary to its objects; and his purported findings invoking sub-sections (3) and (4) of section 12AA and withdrawing/cancelling the registration under section 12A are wholly arbitrary, erroneous, unreasonable and perverse

JERMELS ACCADEMY,DARJEELING vs. ITO, WARD 2(2), EXEMP,, SILIGURI

In the result, all the 3 appeals filed by the Assessee are partly

Bench: Shri Sonjoy Sarma & Shri Rakesh Mishra

trusts obtaining regular registration under section 12AA/12AB by extending the benefit of sections 11 and 12 for pending assessments of earlier years. It is also pertinent to note that the second proviso to Section 12A(2) has been omitted by the Finance Act, 2023, w.e.f. 01.04.2023. The conscious omission of any reference to Provisional Registration in the proviso to section

GOLDEN SAND TRUST,KOLKATA vs. CIT(EXEMPTIONS), KOLKATA, KOLKATA

In the result, appeal of assessee is allowed

Bench: Shri A. T. Varkey, Jm & Shri Waseem Ahmed, Am]

Section 12AA(3) of the I T Act, 1961. You are requested to furnish the following documents - a) Income & Expenditure Ale and Balance Sheet for the assessment years 2011-12 to 2015-16. 3 Golden Sand Trust, AY: b) Certificate u/s 12A /12AA, u/s 80G and any other registration certificate granted by the Income Tax authorities. c) List of corpus/non-corpus

JAGANNATH GUPTA FAMILY TRUST,KOLKATA vs. THE CIT(EXEMPTIONS), KOLKATA, KOLKATA

Bench: : Shri S.S. Viswanethra Ravi & Shri Dr. A.L. Saini

3) again says that if any income referred to in sub-section (2) is applied to purposes other than charitable or religious purposes as aforesaid or ceases to be accumulated or set apart for application thereto, or ceases to remain invested or deposited in any of the forms or modes specified in sub-section (5), or is not utilised

DCIT, MIDDLETONTON ROW vs. BISHNUPUR PUBLIC EDUCATION INSTITUTE, BISHNUPUR

In the result, the appeal filed by the assessee is allowed for statistical purposes

Bench: Shri Rajesh Kumar, Am & Shri Pradip Kumar Choubey, Jm Bishnupur Public Education Institute Dcit 10B, Middleton Row, 5 Th Floor, Gopeswarpalli, Bishnupur, Vs. Kolkata-700071, West Bengal Bankura-722122, West Bengal (Appellant) (Respondent) Pan No. Aabtb4176D Assessee By : S/Shri S.M. Surana & Sunil Surana & Dipak Kumar, Ars Revenue By : Shri Subhendu Datta, Dr Date Of Hearing: 03.02.2025 Date Of Pronouncement : 24.02.2025

12A of the Income-tax has been made so as to provide for additional condition that the person in receipt of the income chargeable to income-tax shall furnish the return of income within the time allowed under section 139 of the Income -tax Act.” 3. Thus, for a trust registered u/s 12AA of the Act to avail the benefit

WEST BENGAL TRADE PROMOTION ORGANISATION LIMITED ,KOLKATA vs. ITO (EXEMPTION), WARD - 1(3), KOLKATA , KOLKATA

In the result, the appeal of the assessee is partly allowed

Bench: Shri S.S.Godara, Jm &Dr. A.L.Saini, Am आयकरअपीलसं./Ita No.36/Kol/2018 ("नधा"रणवष" / Assessment Year:2009-10)

3. Brief facts of the case are that the assessee company is a consortium of the Central Government [Ministry of Commerce & Industry - through the Indian Trade Promotion Organisation], the State Government [through the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation, Department of Commerce & Industries], and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation - the objects being to foster the promotion of trade and 'Commerce. For implementation

ITO(EXEMPT),WARD-1(2). , KOLKATA vs. DEBENDRA AND ROHINI MEMORIAL TRUST, PURBA MEDINIPUR

In the result, the appeal of the revenue stands dismissed

Bench: Shri Sanjay Garg & Shri Rajesh Kumari.T.A. No.241/Kol/2023 Assessment Year: 2020-21 Ito (Exemption), Ward-1(2), Kolkata...…......................……...…..….. Appellant Vs. Debendra & Rohini Memorial Trust............….……….…………….. Respondent Kalyanpur Barida, Egra Medinipur, Purba-721429, W.B-721429. [Pan: Aactd0883C] Appearances By: Shri Vijay Kumar, Addl. Cit, Sr. Dr., Appeared On Behalf Of The Appellant. Shri Miraj D. Shah, Ar, Appeared On Behalf Of The Respondent. Date Of Concluding The Hearing : May 18, 2023 Date Of Pronouncing The Order : June 27, 2023 Order Per Sanjay Garg: The Present Appeal Has Been Preferred By The Revenue Against The Order Dated 02.01.2023 Of The National Faceless Appeal Centre [Hereinafter Referred To As ‘Cit(A)’] Passed U/S 250 Of The Income Tax Act (Hereinafter Referred To As The ‘Act’).

12A(1)(ba) of the Act provides that the provisions of section 11 and 12 shall apply in relation to income of any trust or institution if the person in receipt of the income has furnished the return of income for the previous year in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (4A) of section 139 i.e. within the time

JERMEL'S ACCADEMY,SILIGURI vs. I.T.O., WARD - 1(4), , SILIGURI

In the result, the appeal filed by the assessee is allowed as per the directions mentioned above

Bench: Shri Pradip Kumar Choubey & Shri Rakesh Mishra

3,20,49,890/- was available with the Ld. AO. The provisional approval u/s 12A of the Act was granted to the assessee on 31.08.2021 while the assessment order was passed on 28.03.2021. During the course of assessment proceedings only provisional approval was granted. The assessee has relied upon the provisions of section 12AB(1) and 12A

KOLKATA METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,KOLKATA vs. J.C.I.T RANGE - 50,KOLKATA, KOLKATA

In the result, the appeals of the assessee in ITA Nos

Bench: Hon’Ble Shri A.T. Varkey, Jm & Shri M.Balaganesh, Am ] I.T.A Nos. 723 & 724/Kol/2013 Assessment Years : 2006-07 & 2007-08 Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority -Vs- C.I.T.-Xvii, Kolkata [Pan: Aaalk 0714 F] (Appellant) (Respondent) I.T.A Nos. 523 & 524/Kol/2013 Assessment Years : 2006-07 & 2007-08 Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority -Vs- J.C.I.T., Kolkata [Pan: Aaalk 0714 F] (Appellant) (Respondent) For The Appellant : Shri J.P. Khaitan, Sr. Counsel Of Assessee For The Respondent : Shri Anand R. Baiwar, Cit Date Of Hearing : 09.08.2017 Date Of Pronouncement : 18.08.2017

3) of the Act dated 23.12.2016 for the Asst Year 2014-15. 8. The ld DR vehemently objected to the arguments of the ld AR that the amendment in section 12A(2) of the Act cannot be held to be retrospective in nature and hence cannot be applied for the Asst Years

KOLKATA METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,KOLKATA vs. J.C.I.T RANGE - 50,KOLKATA, KOLKATA

In the result, the appeals of the assessee in ITA Nos

Bench: Hon’Ble Shri A.T. Varkey, Jm & Shri M.Balaganesh, Am ] I.T.A Nos. 723 & 724/Kol/2013 Assessment Years : 2006-07 & 2007-08 Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority -Vs- C.I.T.-Xvii, Kolkata [Pan: Aaalk 0714 F] (Appellant) (Respondent) I.T.A Nos. 523 & 524/Kol/2013 Assessment Years : 2006-07 & 2007-08 Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority -Vs- J.C.I.T., Kolkata [Pan: Aaalk 0714 F] (Appellant) (Respondent) For The Appellant : Shri J.P. Khaitan, Sr. Counsel Of Assessee For The Respondent : Shri Anand R. Baiwar, Cit Date Of Hearing : 09.08.2017 Date Of Pronouncement : 18.08.2017

3) of the Act dated 23.12.2016 for the Asst Year 2014-15. 8. The ld DR vehemently objected to the arguments of the ld AR that the amendment in section 12A(2) of the Act cannot be held to be retrospective in nature and hence cannot be applied for the Asst Years

DCIT, CIR-2, KOLKATA, KOLKATA vs. KARMAPA CHARITABLE TRUST,

In the result, the appeal filed by the revenue is dismissed

Bench: The Tribunal Is Condoned & We Proceed To Hear The Appeal On Merits.

12A is brought in the statute to confer benefit of exemption u/s 11 of the Act on the genuine trusts which had not changed its objectives and had carried on the same charitable objects in the past as well as in the current year based on which the registration u/s.12AA is granted by the DIT (Exemptions).” 7.5 In light

DCIT(E),CIRCLE-2, KOLKATA, KOLKATA vs. M/S WEST BENGAL TRADE PROMOTION ORG., KOLKATA

In the result, appeal of revenue is dismissed

Bench: "ी जे. सुधाकर रे"डी, लेखा सद"य एवं/And "ी ऐ. ट". वक", "यायीक सद"य) [Before Shri J. Sudhakar Reddy, Am & Shri A. T. Varkey, Jm]

12A(2) was brought in the statute only as a retrospective effect with a view not to affect genuine charitable trusts and societies carrying on genuine charitable objects in the earlier years and substantive conditions stipulated in section 11 to 13 have been duly fulfilled by the said trust. The benefit of retrospective 3

LUX FOUNDATION,KOLKATA vs. CIT (EXEMPTION), KOLKATA, KOLKATA

Appeal is allowed

charitable purposes. Section 12 is in the nature of an explanation to Section 11. Before a person can claim the benefit of Section 11, or Lux Foundation Vs. CIT(E) Kol. Page 5 Section 12, as the case may be, he must obtain registration under Section 12A. The application for registration under Section 12A has to be made in Form

M/S BIMLADEVI DHARAMPRAKASH JAN-KALYAN NIDHI,KOLKATA vs. CIT(EXEMPTION) KOLKATA, KOLKATA

In the result, the appeal filed by the assessee, is allowed

Bench: Shri N.V. Vasudevan, Jm &Dr. A.L.Saini, Am आयकरअपीलसं./Ita No.10/Kol/2017 (िनधा"रणवष" / Assessment Year: ……….. M/S. Bimladevi Vs. C.I.T(Exemptions),Kolkata Dharamprakash Jan- Kalyan Nidhi 17, Ganesh Chandra Avenue, 10B, Middleton Row, 6Th 6Th Floor, Kolkata – 700 013. Floor, Kolkata – 700 071. "थायीलेखासं./जीआइआरसं./Pan/Gir No. : Aaatb5499A (Appellant) .. (Respondent) Appellantby :Shri S. M. Surana, Advocate Respondent By :Md. Usman, Cit, Dr सुनवाईक"तारीख/ Date Of Hearing : 16/08/2017 घोषणाक"तारीख/Date Of Pronouncement : 18/10/2017 आदेश / O R D E R Per Dr. Arjun Lal Saini, Am: The Captioned Appeal Filed By The Assessee, Is Directed Against An Order Passed By The Ld. Commissioner Of Income Tax (Exemptions), Kolkata Under Section 12Aa(3) Of The Income Tax Act, 1961,( Hereinafter Referred To As The ‘Act’), Dated 23.12.2016. 2. The Assessee Has Raised The Following Grounds Of Appeal: “1. For That The Order Of The Ld. Cit Is Arbitrary & Bad In Law.

Section 133A does not empower any IT authority to examine any person on oath, hence, any such statement has no evidentiary value and any admission made during such statement cannot, by itself, be made the basis for addition.The Trust is giving donation for charitable activities. The donation given by assessee Trust to Gobind Ram Goel Charitable Trust Kolkata

DR. B.G. MEMORIAL TRUST,KOLKATA vs. CIT, (EXEMPTION), KOLKATA, KOLKATA

In the result, assessee’s appeal stands allowed

Bench: Shri Aby.T Varkey & Shri Waseem Ahmeddr. B.G. Memorial Trust V/S. Cit (Exemption), 10B, Middleton Row, 6Th 6/1 Sarat Chatterjee Avenue, Kolkat-29 Floor, Kolkata-71 [Pan No.Aaatd 5235 A]

12A of the Act, which made the institution eligible for exemption from the provisions of Sections 11 and 12 of the Act. Under Section 12AA(3) of the Act, the Commissioner was to be satisfied about the activities of the said institution and if they were not genuine and the same were not being carried out in accordance with

SRI RAMKRISHNA SAMITY,SILIGURI vs. D.C.I.T.CIR - 2,SILIGURI, SILIGURI

In the result, the appeals of the assessee are partly allowed

Bench: : Shri Mahavir Singh & Shri M. Balaganesh

section 12A(2) by the Finnace (No.2) Act, 2014 with effect from 1.10.2014 clearly provides for deemed registration u/s 12AA of the Act for the earlier years and hence the same has to be construed as retrospective in operation. He further argued that on the date of granting registration u/s 12AA of the Act on 29.10.2010 with effect from