Bhavnagar Jilla Sahkari Kharid Vechan ... vs Acit, Circle-2, , Bhavnagar on 19 November, 2019
G. Puranik
v. ITO, 12(1)(1) and that of the Calcutta Bench in Dy. CIT v. Tejender
ITA No. 1119/Ahd/2018
Bhavnagar Jilla Sahkari Kharid Vechan Sangh Ltd Vs. ACIT
AY : 2013-14
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Singh 19 Taxman.Com 4 In all these, the various Benches of the Tribunal
appear to have strictly construed the letter of Section 50C to say that the
conveyance has to be complete in respect of all entitlements to the
property. In the present case, the Tribunal has upheld the valuation of
the assessee. We notice that apart from the three Benches, decisions of
which have been relied on, the Tribunal also considered the distinction
made between Section 50C and 54D(1) which specifically provides that
capital gains from, transfer by way of compulsory acquisition under any
law of capital asset being land, building or any right in the land or
building...................... ?. Section 50C, on the other hand, talks of,
transfer by assessee of a capital asset being land or building or both. The
contrast in language, given that Section 50C is a specific provision,
which seeks to enact a presumption is significant. The valuation of the
concerned State agency or the government that the cost of the land is, in
the circumstances, higher, is determinative. We notice that in the present
case, there has been no such valuation. That apart, the Tribunal adopted
an approach which, with respect, appears to be correct, in that it took
note of the proportionate transfer of leasehold rights for 54 years. If the
Revenue's contentions were to be conceded, then in the given facts of
case, if the leasehold rights for residual period of 3 or 4 years were to be
valued at par with the cost of acquisition of the full tenure of the lease of
90 years, absurd and anomalous results would ensue."