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TMI Blog1992 (2) TMI 15X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... , the following question of law has been referred to this court : " Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal is justified in holding that rules 1C and 1D of the Wealth-tax Rules are not mandatory and in directing the Wealth-tax Officer to value the assessee's ordinary, deferred and preference shares on yield basis ? The facts relating to this reference are that th ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... as not an issue. On appeal, the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) observed that although the Calcutta Bench of the Tribunal has held in a recent judgment that rule ID was directory, the Kerala High Court in CWT v. Mamman Varghese [1983] 139 ITR 351 and the Allahabad High Court in CWT V. Sripat Singhania [1978] 112 ITR 365 are in favour of treating the rule as mandatory. The Commissioner of Inc ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... tax Officer to value the unquoted ordinary shares and preference shares of the assessee in Bengal Water Proof (1940) Ltd. on yield basis. " The question whether rule ID of the Wealth-tax Rules is mandatory or directory came up for consideration before this Bench in Matter No. 149 of 1987 ( CWT v. India Exchange Traders' Association [1992] 197 ITR 356 ) where judgment was delivered on March 21, 19 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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