Reliance Industries Limited, Mumbai vs Acit , Mumbai on 8 March, 2022
26. The fact that the 1993 Scheme is different from the scheme which the
Andhra Pradesh Government framed [which was considered in Sahney
Steel] is evident upon perusal of the order passed by the CIT(A). The
finding of fact returned by the CIT(A) is that the 1993 Scheme is akin to the
1979 Scheme considered in DCIT v. Reliance Industries Ltd.
26.1 Even though the appellant/revenue did not inform us as to whether the
decision of the special bench of the Tribunal rendered in DCIT v. Reliance
Industries Ltd was carried further in appeal, we are of the opinion that the
frame of the 1993 Scheme clearly indicates that it was mainly envisaged to
industrialise underdeveloped and developing areas and not to improve the
production capability or profitability of industrial units, which may have
been incidental benefits of the said scheme.