Ajmer Development Authority, Ajmer vs Cit(Exemption)/ Ito (Exemption), ... on 22 March, 2023
In any case of the matter, in our considered opinion,
the ratio laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in case
of CIT vs. Alagendran Finance Ltd (supra) and the Hon'ble
jurisdictional High Court in the case of Ashoka Buildcon
vs. CIT (supra) clinches the issue in favour of the
assessee. Further, a reading of the original assessment
order would reveal that the issue relating to deduction
claimed under s. 80IA was a subject-matter therein. In
fact, the draft assessment order passed by the AO on the
issue of deduction claimed under s. 801A of the Act was
disputed before learned DRP and after passing of the final
assessment order, the issue relating to claim of deduction
under s. 801A of the Act is now pending in appeal before
the Tribunal. Therefore, any attempt by the AO to deal
with such issue in re-assessment proceedings would have
amounted to review of the original assessment order,
which is impermissible. Thus, in the aforesaid scenario,
the assessment order passed under s. 143(3) r/w s. 147
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of the Act cannot be considered as erroneous and
prejudicial to the interest of revenue to subject it to
proceeding under s.263 of the Act. If, at all, any order of
the subordinate authority which could have been
considered as erroneous and prejudicial to the interest of
revenue in allowing assessee's claim of deduction under s.
801A of the Act, either due to lack of enquiry or otherwise,
is the original assessment order passed under s. 143(3)
r/ws.144C of the Act and not the re-assessment order.
Therefore, the period of limitation prescribed under s.
263(2) of the Act would run from the original assessment
order.