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Delhi High Court - Orders

The Pr. Commissioner Of Income Tax -4 vs Dlf Home Developers Ltd on 22 November, 2022

Author: Manmohan

Bench: Manmohan, Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora

                              $~43
                              *    IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

                              +     ITA 84/2019 & CM APPLs.4322-4323/2019

                                    THE PR. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX -4
                                                                                         ..... Appellant
                                                       Through: Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Advocate.


                                                       versus


                                    DLF HOME DEVELOPERS LTD.
                                                                                         ..... Respondent
                                                       Through: Ms. Kavita Jha, Advocate.


                                    CORAM:
                                    HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANMOHAN
                                    HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA

                                                       ORDER

% 22.11.2022 Learned counsel for the respondent states that all the three issues raised in the present appeal are covered in favour of the assessee by orders passed by this Court in assessee's own case for previous and subsequent assessment years and in two of the cases where Special Leave Petitions had been filed in the Supreme Court, the same have been dismissed.

Learned counsel for the respondent-assessee has also handed over a chart of issues and the same is reproduced hereinbelow:-

Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:JASWANT SINGH RAWAT Signing Date:23.11.2022 18:10:51
(CHART OF ISSUES) Questions of Law Assessing CIT(A)'s ITAT's Remarks raised by the officer's order order dated order dated department dated 08.06.2012 14.09.2017 23.12.2011
1) Whether Ld. The assessee CIT(A) ITAT Covered in ITAT/CIT(A) erred during the restricted the restricted the favour of the in restricting the relevant AY disallowance to disallowance assessee by disallowances of earned Rs. 29.65 Rs.7.11 crore to Rs.29.65 orders passed Rs.7.11 crore as Lacs as exempt being part of lacs by this against the income. AO indirect following Hon'ble Court disallowances of made expenses decision of in assessee's Rs.63.73 crores as disallowance u/s debited to P & its co-

own case for worked out by the 14A r/w Rule L account. ordinate previous and Assessing officer as 8D for an bench for subsequent per the provision of amount of AY 2007-08.

AYs vide-

                              section 14A of the Rs.63.73 crores                                 i)      Order
                              Act read with Rule treating         the                              dated
                              8D of the I.T. Rules, same           as                              25.01.2019
                              1962?                 expenditure                                    in ITA No.
                                                    incurred       in                              65 of 2019
                                                    relation       to                              for AY 2010-
                                                    earning        of
                                                                    @ Pg. No. 151-                 11.       SLP
                                                    exempt income.  153,[Paragraph                 dismissed
                                                                    5.4]           @ Pg.           against the
                                                                                   No.84,[Parag    aforesaid
                                                                                   raph21.2]       order       by
                                                                                                   Hon'ble
                                                                                                   Supreme
                                                                                                   Court        of
                                                    @ Pg. No.101-                                  India     vide
                                                    116[Paragraph's                                order dated
                                                    4.2 to 4.8]                                    26.08.2019
                                                                                                   being
                                                                                                   SLP(D). No.
                                                                                                   25546/2019
                                                                                                 ii)     order
                                                                                                   dated
                                                                                                   23.01.2019
                                                                                                   in ITA No.54
                                                                                                   of 2019 for
                                                                                                   AY 2008-09
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SINGH RAWAT
Signing Date:23.11.2022
18:10:51
                                                                                                          Builders and
                                                                                                         Construction
                                                                                                         v.    PCIT-2
                                                                                                         [ITA
                                                                                                         No.1260/2018
                                                                                                         ][SLP bearing
                                                                                                         D         No.
                                                                                                         25130/2019
                                                                                                         Dismissed].

                                                                                                         -      Joint
                                                                                                         Investment V.
                                                                                                         CIT     [2015]
                                                                                                         372 ITR 694
                                                                                                         (Del).


                                                                                                         -      ITA
                                                                                                         No. 102/2018,
                                                                                                         SLP
                                                                                                         dismissed
                                                                                                         against    the
                                                                                                         aforesaid
                                                                                                         being     SLP
                                                                                                         No.
                                                                                                         38584/2018
                                                                                                         vide     order
                                                                                                         dated
                                                                                                         19.11.2018
                                                                                                         passed      by
                                                                                                         Hon'ble
                                                                                                         Supreme
                                                                                                         Court.

                              Questions of Law       Assessing          CIT(A)'s       ITAT's      Remarks
                                                     officer's order    order    dated order dated
                                                     dated              08.06.2012     14.09.2017
                                                     23.12.2011
                              2)     Whether Ld.     AO disallowed      CIT (A) deleted   ITAT           Covered       in
                              ITAT/ CIT(A) erred     an amount of       the               deleted the    favour of the
                              in    deleting   the   Rs.3.64 crore as   disallowance      disallowance   assessee     by
                              addition          of   brokerage          following         , following    order(s) passed
                              Rs.3,64,56,264/-       expenses           ITAT's            decision of    by          this
                              made       by    the                      decision     in   DLF            Hon'ble Court
                              Assessing officer on                      assessee's        Universal      in assessee's


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Digitally Signed By:JASWANT
SINGH RAWAT
Signing Date:23.11.2022
18:10:51
                               account          of                      group case for Ltd in ITA own case for
                              disallowances    of                      AY 1984-85       No. 1136 of previous and

revenue recognition 2009. subsequent as per POCM? AYs-

                                                                                                     i)      order
                                                                                                      dated
                                                                                                      23.01.2019 in
                                                                                                      ITA No.54 of
                                                     @ Pg. No.122-     @ Pg. No. 157- @Pg. No.85, 2019 for AY
                                                     123, [Paragraph   159,             [Paragraph2   2008-09
                                                     5.5]              [Paragraph6.4] 2.1]            ii)    order
                                                                                                      dated
                                                                                                      25.01.2019 in
                                                                                                      ITA No. 65 of
                                                                                                      2019 for AY
                                                                                                      2010-11
                              3)     Whether Ld.     AO disallowed a   CIT (A) deleted ITAT          Covered       in
                              ITAT/ CIT(A) erred     sum of Rs.2.49    the     addition deleted the favour of the
                              in    deleting   the   crores       on   made by the addition          assessee,     by
                              addition          of   account of club   AO.              following    order     dated
                              Rs.2,49,84,142/-       membership fee.                    the decision 25.01.2019
                              made       by    the                                      of       DLF passed        in
                              Assessing Officer                                         Commercial assessee's own
                              on account of non-                                        Developers   case for AY
                              refundable     Golf                                       in ITA 180 2010-11         in

Club membership of 2012. ITA No. 65 of fees? 2019. Also decided vide order dated 30.03.2012 in @ Pg. No. 137- @ Pg. No.171- @ Pg. No. ITA No. 138 173, 88- 180/2012 in [Paragraph8.1] [Paragraph11.3] 89,Paragraph the matter of 25.3 CIT vs. DLF Commercial Developers, against which revenue's SLP has been dismissed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in CC No. 2174/2013.

Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:JASWANT SINGH RAWAT Signing Date:23.11.2022 18:10:51

Learned counsel for the appellant does not dispute the aforesaid chart. Consequently, this Court is of the view that no substantial question of law arises for consideration in the present appeal and accordingly, the same is dismissed.

MANMOHAN, J MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J NOVEMBER 22, 2022 js Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:JASWANT SINGH RAWAT Signing Date:23.11.2022 18:10:51