TMI Blog2021 (12) TMI 204X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... to the said information under the RTI Act dated 27.07.2020 that it has been replied that there is no evidence found showing transfer of records of the applicant from the respective CIT to the office of the Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax (Exemption) Central Public Information Officer, Ahmedabad. Petitioner also addressed a letter to the Commissioner of Income Tax on 28.09.2020 requesting for issuance of fresh registration certificate effective from 11.02.1975 under the circumstances narrated in the said letter. In the said letter, the petitioner also reproduced the relevant extract from the order under section 7(1) of the RTI Act. The record of certificate of registration under section 12A of the Act and the same is permanent r ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... . 12A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter shall be referred to as the Act for short) granted to the petitioner from the record of the respondents which has not been provided by the respondent despite the request of the same. 2. Facts giving rise to the present petition are as follows: 2.1. The petitioner is a trust registered under the Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950 on 22.10.1952. The petitioner being desirous of getting registered u/s. 12AA of the Act made an application in the year 1973. For the past several years, the petitioner filed return of income where registration number u/s. 12AA of the Act has been mentioned and it has continued to enjoy exemption u/s. 11 of the Act as provided by the revenue under the statutory provi ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... dated 131.07.2020 and thereafter non-response to the application made on 28.09.2020 for obtaining duplicate certified copy of the certificate u/s. 12AA of the said Act, this petition is preferred with the following main prayers : 6. The petitioner, therefore, prays that this Hon ble Court be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus or a writ in the nature of mandamous or a writ of certiorari or a writ in the nature of mandamus, certification or any other appropriate writ, direction or order and be pleased to : (a) Call for the records of the proceedings and direct the respondent to look into them and furnish the copy of the registration application acceptance from the records of the respondent to the petitioner. (b) Direct the re ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... t of exemption over a period of time under section 11. It also directed that the trust could not have been denied benefit of exemption under section 11 of the Act only on account of its disability to produce necessary records on account of flood in the year 1979 and directed the appropriate authority to look into the matter. 5. In the case of Dawoodi Bohra Masjid (supra), for want of registered trust deed, the Principal Commissioner of Income-tax at one stage rejected the application and once again the Commissioner rejected the application on the ground that the respondent instead of submitting copy of the trust deed, had merely submitted a copy of the order passed by the Gujarat State Wakf Board, which cannot be substituted for a tr ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ating that if the extract, as stated above, is not available, whether permanent register of application under section 12A(a) maintained by the Commissioner of Income-tax, Gujarat-IV, Ahmedabad in the year 1974 has been ultimately transferred to the said office and presently available in its office or not. The petitioner also mentioned the object of getting details, as the trust could not get exemption which resulted into damage of crores of rupees. 6.1. We could notice from the reply which has been given by the Information Officer, Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax (Exemption) Central Public Information Officer, Ahmedabad, in response to the said information under the RTI Act dated 27.07.2020 that it has been replied that there is n ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the RTI Act and be considered within the time period specified under the very statute. Let the appellate authority under the RTI Act respond to the petitioner without fail. Any grievance if still persisting, the petitioner shall have legal recourse open. 10. This Court has chosen not to take recourse to the writ jurisdiction by way of self-restrictions. 11. We notice that in the case of Dawoodi Bohra Masjid (supra), it was the revenue which had challenged the order of the ITAT when twice after the remand, the Commissioner had chosen not to accept the copy of the Trust Deed and went on insisting for the original deed to be furnished. 12. So far as the Morbi Plot Jain Tapgachh Sangh (supra) is concerned, as could be noticed f ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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