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2015 (4) TMI 512 - HC - Income TaxEntitlement to benefit under section 10(20) - Commissioner rejected claim for exemption under section 11 mainly for the reason that this claim was not made in the original return and that Form 10 and audit report in support of this claim are not filed before the Assessing Officer - AO directed by ITAT to take into account the registration granted under section 12AA with effect from 1st April, 2003, and the audit reports as well as the other documents filed in support thereof - Held that:- Case of the assessee is peculiar. It was not the assessee's fault inasmuch as it got into a legal tangle. Upto assessment year 2002-03, it was enjoying a benefit under section 10(20) of the IT Act by a local authority. Later on it decided to avail of the benefit of section 11 and applied for registration. The chequered history of the case pertaining to registration has been noted by us. It is that which enabled the Tribunal to conclude that the rigors of the section have been somewhat diluted by the Revenue's understanding and the issuance of a circular. Thus, the circular contemplates condonation of delay in filing the above documents and which would enable the assessee to avail of the benefit. Filing of Form No.10 is not dispensed with. The Commissioner is only vested with powers to accept it after the specified period. This circular No.273 dated 3rd June, 1980 which has been relied upon to hold that the assessee's claim for benefit of exemption under section 11 of the Act deserved acceptance. It is in these circumstances and when the objects of the trust were found to be genuine that the Assessing Officer was directed to carry out a de novo assessment in terms of the Tribunal's observations. We do not find such conclusion to be perverse or vitiated by any error of law apparent on the face of the record. No larger question or wider controversy needs to be decided. - Appeal dismissed.
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