Primary Teachers Co-Op Bank Sevakanchi ... vs Ito Ward 2, Ahilyanagar on 26 August, 2025
5. I have heard the rival contentions and perused the record
placed before me. I note that the assessee is a Cooperative
Society but failed to file the return for A.Y. 2018-19. Ld.
Assessing Officer based on the information about huge cash
deposit of Rs.68,78,424/- in the bank account of the assessee
maintained with Ahmednagar District Central Cooperative
Bank Ltd. carried out the proceedings by issuing notice
u/s.148A of the Act. During the course of re-assessment
proceedings, assessee placed various details of the Cooperative
Society based on which ld. AO was satisfied with the source of
cash deposits which was actually received from the Members of
the assessee society. However, ld. AO concluded the re-
assessment proceedings denying the benefit of deduction
u/s.80P of the Act on the ground that assessee has failed to file
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Primary Teachers Co-Operative Bank
Sevakanchi Sahakari Patsanstha
the return of income u/s.139(1) of the Act. Now under these
given facts where the addition has been made on the issue
other than the issue on the basis of which reopening
proceedings have been carried out, I find Coordinate Bench in
the case of Rajya Rakhiv Police Karmachari Sahakari
Patsanstha Maryaditand Vs. ITO (supra) has dealt with a similar
issue and has decided in favour of the assessee placing on the
judgment of Hon'ble Jurisdictional High Court in the case of Jet
Airways (I) Ltd. (supra) (2011) 331 ITR 236. Finding of Tribunal
reads as under :