Itxa/307/2007 Of The Commissioner Of Income-Tax-Aurangabad v. Purna S.s.k. Ltd

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTIONINCOME TAX APPEAL NO.307 OF 2007 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION INCOME TAX APPEAL NO.307 OF 2007 Commissioner of Income Tax, Aurangabad ..Appellant. V/s. Purna Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd. ..Respondent. Mr.B.M.Chatterjee with Ms.Poonam Bhosale for appellant. Mr.S.N.Inamdar with A.K.Jasani for respondent. CORAM : F.I.REBELLO ANDJ.P.DEVADHAR, JJ. DATED : 25TH JULY, 2007. CORAM : F.I.REBELLO AND J.P.DEVADHAR, JJ. DATED : 25TH JULY, 2007. P.C. :- P.C. :- 1. The Commissioner of Income Tax, Aurangabad has filed this appeal under 260A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 stating that the following question of law arise out of the order dated 29/8/2003 of the Tribunal. " Whether on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal relying upon the Bombay High Court’s decision in the case of CIT V/s. Chatrapati SSK Ltd. (2000) (245 ITR 498) was right in law in deleting the following additions by holding that various funds / deposits collected by the assessee society out of sugarcane purchase price payable to the cane growers are not the trading receipts of the assessee as held by the Supreme Court in the case of Bazpur Co-operative Sugar Factory Ltd. (172 ITR 321) ? i) Area development fund 12,63,236/- ii) Floor Relief Fund 1,43,634/- - = : 2 : = - iii) Cane development fund 11,91,832/- 2. Counsel on both sides agree that the question raised by the revenue is answered by the Apex Court in the case of Sidheshwar Sahakari SakharKarkhana Ltd. V/s. C.I.T. reported in 270 I.T.R. 1. 3. Accordingly, the appeal is disposed of by remanding the issue relating to area development fund and cane development fund to the I.T.A.T. for fresh consideration in the light of the decision of the Apex Court. As regards the other items are concerned, it is held that the same do not constitute trading receipts of the assessee. 4. Appeal is disposed of accordingly with no order as to costs. (F.I.REBELL0, J.) (F.I.REBELL0, J.) (J.P.DEVADHAR, J.) (J.P.DEVADHAR, J.)