Income Tax Officer vs Ghuge & Co. on 23 October, 1992
On the other hand, the decision of the Karnataka High Court in the case of CIT vs. Mahalinga Shetty & Co. (supra) had not only considered the user of the dumpers and tippers for the purpose of business of construction, but also the relevant question whether they could be considered as road transport vehicles and came to the conclusion that the phrase "road transport vehicles" would not include dumpers and tippers which are directly used in the activity of business at the place where the business is actually carried on because dumpers and tippers are essentially machinery used to carry on construction work, namely, lifting of earth and transporting the same which helped to produce article or thing and, therefore, such machinery is entitled to investment allowance under S. 32A. The case laws marshalled by the learned counsel for the assessee all go to support the claim of the assessee for investment allowance and additional depreciation and therefore, we uphold the decision of the CIT(A) on this point.