TMI Blog2020 (6) TMI 168X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ore the issue of deduction u/s 80P(2) to the files of the Assessing Officer. In this case, the A.O. had concluded that out of the total loan disbursed by the assessee only 12.54% are for agricultural purpose / allied activities. I am of the view that the above finding of the A.O. is not conclusive unless each loan applications / loan ledger are verified and the A.O. AO shall examine the activities of the assessee afresh and determine whether the activities are in compliance with the activities of a co-operative society functioning under the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act, 1969 and accordingly grant deduction u/s 80P(2) - Appeal filed by the assessee allowed for statistical purposes. - ITA No.154/Coch/2020 - - - Dated:- 5-6-2020 - ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... vice Co-operative Cooperative Bank Ltd. v. CIT [(2016) 384 ITR 490 (Ker.). 4. Subsequently, the CIT(A) issued notice u/s 154 of the I.T.Act proposing to rectify his order passed, in view of the subsequent judgment of the Full Bench of the Hon ble jurisdictional High Court in the case of The Mavilayi Service Co-operative Bank Ltd. v. CIT [ITA No.97/2016 order dated 19th March, 2019]. The assessee objected to the issuance of notice. However, the CIT(A) rejected the objections raised by the assessee and passed order u/s 154 of the I.T.Act, disallowing the claim of the assessee u/s 80P(2) of the I.T.Act. 5. Aggrieved by the order of the CIT(A), the assessee has filed this appeal before the Tribunal, raising the following groun ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ared on behalf of the assessee. However, a written submission has been filed on behalf of the assessee. Therefore, I proceed to dispose of this appeal on merits after hearing the learned Departmental Representative. 7. I have heard the learned Departmental Representative and perused the material on record and also the written submission filed on behalf of the assessee. The Hon ble Kerala High Court in the case of Kil Kotagiri Tea Coffee Estates Co. Ltd. v. ITAT reported in 174 ITR 579 had held that when an authority has decided on the basis of a decision of the High Court which is subsequently reversed, there would be a rectifiable mistake coming within the section 154 of the Income-tax Act. The Larger Bench of the Hon ble Ker ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... quiry into the factual situation as to the activities of the assessee society to determine the eligibility of deduction u/s 80P of the I.T.Act. It was held by the Hon ble High Court that the Assessing Officer is not bound by the registration certificate issued by the Registrar of Kerala Co-operative Society classifying the assessee-society as a co-operative society. The Hon ble High Court held that each assessment year is separate and eligibility shall be verified by the Assessing Officer for each of the assessment years. The finding of the Larger Bench of the Hon ble High Court reads as follows:- 33. In view of the law laid down by the Apex Court in Citizen Co-operative Society [397 ITR 1] it cannot be contended that, while consider ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... cannot probe into any issues or such matters relating to such societies and that, Primary Agricultural Credit Societies registered as such under the KCS Act and classified so, under the Act, including the appellants are entitled to such exemption. 34. In Chirakkal [384 ITR 490] the Division Bench expressed a divergent opinion, without noticing the law laid down in Antony Pattukulangara [2012 (3) KHC 726] and Perinthalmanna [363 ITR 268]. Moreover, the law laid down by the Division Bench in Chirakkal [384 ITR 490] is not good law, since, in view of the law laid down by the Apex Court in Citizen Co-operative Society [397 ITR 1], on a claim for deduction under Section 80P of the Income Tax Act, by reason of sub-section (4) thereof, the ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... of the Hon ble jurisdictional High Court in the case of The Mavilayi Service Co-operative Bank Ltd. V. CIT (supra) had held that the A.O. has to conduct an inquiry into the factual situation as to the activities of the assessee society to determine the eligibility of deduction u/s 80P of the I.T.Act. In view of the dictum laid down by the Full Bench of the Hon ble jurisdictional High Court (supra), I restore the issue of deduction u/s 80P(2) to the files of the Assessing Officer. In this case, the A.O. had concluded that out of the total loan disbursed by the assessee only 12.54% are for agricultural purpose / allied activities. I am of the view that the above finding of the A.O. is not conclusive unless each loan applications / loan led ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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