TMI Blog2014 (2) TMI 1366X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... books are considered as plant. If that be so, electrical installation is definitely part of a plant. In our opinion, ld. CIT(Appeals) was justified in allowing this claim of assessee. Decided against revenue Belated payments of Employees contribution to Provident Fund and ESI - HELD THAT:- Hon ble jurisdictional High Court in the case of CIT vs.-Vijay Shree Ltd. [ 2011 (9) TMI 30 - CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] had held that amendment to second proviso to section 43B of the Act, as introduced by Finance Act, 2003 was curative and retrospectively applied from 1st April, 1988, relying on the decision of the Hon ble Apex Court in the case of CIT vs.- Alom Extrusions Limited [ 2009 (11) TMI 27 - SUPREME COURT] . Their Lordships held that Empl ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... D.R, for the Department. Shri Sajjan Kumar Tulsiyan, Advocate, for the assessee. CORRIGENDUM ORDER Abraham P. Geroge : 1. In this appeal filed by the Revenue, directed against an order dated 30.03.2012 of ld. Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals)-I, Kolkata, it has stressed five grounds, of which ground no. 5 is general, needs no adjudication. 2. Vide its Grounds 1 2, Revenue assails the deletion of an addition of ₹ 5,45,980/- made by the Assessing Officer for a claim of additional depreciation on plant machinery. 3. Facts apropos are that assessee, a manufacturer of jute and paper related goods, had during the relevant previous year claimed additional depreciation ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... t), which has been acquired and installed after the 31st day of March, 2005, by an assessee engaged in the business of manufacture or production of any article or thing [or in the business of generation or generation and distribution of power], further sum equal to twenty per cent of the actual cost of such machinery or plant shall be allowed as deduction under clause (ii): Provided that no deduction shall be allowed in respect of (A) Any machinery or plant which, before its installation by the assessee, was used either within or outside India by any other person; or (B) Any machinery or plant installed in any office premises or any residential accommodation, including accommodation in the nature of a guest-h ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... elying on the decision of the Hon ble Apex Court in the case of CIT vs.- Alom Extrusions Limited [390 ITR 306]. Their Lordships held that Employees contribution paid beyond due date prescribed under Provident Fund Act and Rules were also deductible if the amounts were remitted prior to the due date of filing of the return. 9. We find that the aforesaid issue is covered by the decision of Hon ble jurisdictional High Court. There is no dispute that the payments were affected by the assessee before the due date of filing the return. Ground No. 3, therefore, stands dismissed. 10. Vide it s ground no. 4, grievance of the revenue is that interest of ₹ 19,63,017/- added by the Assessing Officer was deleted by ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... herefore, applied a rate of 12% on the additional loan of ₹ 1,63,58,483/- given during the relevant previous year and made an addition of ₹ 19,63,070/-. 13. In its appeal before ld. CIT(Appeals), assessee primarily relying on the decision of the Hon ble Apex Court in the case of S.A. Builders Ltd. vs.- CIT [288 ITR 1] submitted that the amounts were given to the subsidiary based on commercial expediency. As per the assessee, sources of funds were explained. Reliance was also placed on the decision of the Hon ble Apex Court in the case of Madhab Prasad Jatia -vs.- CIT [118 ITR 200]. 14. Ld. CIT(Appeals) was appreciative of these contentions. According to him, assessee had sufficient interest-free fund availa ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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