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Issues: (i) whether section 50C could be invoked to substitute the stamp valuation authority's value as the full value of consideration where the properties were sold by a statutory body through public auction; and (ii) whether the enhanced compensation of Rs. 25 lakhs paid to the landowners could be admitted and treated as part of the cost of acquisition for computing capital gains.
Issue (i): whether section 50C could be invoked to substitute the stamp valuation authority's value as the full value of consideration where the properties were sold by a statutory body through public auction.
Analysis: Section 50C creates a deeming fiction for capital gains where the consideration disclosed is lower than the value adopted or assessed for stamp duty purposes. The sale in question was made by a statutory body through public auction, and the applicable Maharashtra stamp law and circular provided that in such auction sales the highest bid price is to be treated as the fair market value for stamp duty purposes. On that footing, the consideration stated in the sale deed was the relevant value for stamp duty as well. The fact that the purchasers may have paid duty on a higher ready-reckoner value did not alter the legal position, since the seller could not be prejudiced by the purchaser's conduct.
Conclusion: section 50C was not applicable, and the addition made on that basis was unsustainable; the finding was in favour of the assessee.
Issue (ii): whether the enhanced compensation of Rs. 25 lakhs paid to the landowners could be admitted and treated as part of the cost of acquisition for computing capital gains.
Analysis: The additional claim related directly to the computation of capital gains and had a bearing on the correct tax liability. An appellate authority has wide powers to admit a fresh legal claim even if it was not raised in the return or before the Assessing Officer. The claim was supported by a judicial order requiring payment of enhanced compensation and therefore arose from the operation of law. The admission of the claim by the first appellate authority was therefore justified.
Conclusion: the enhanced compensation was rightly treated as part of the cost of acquisition, and the Revenue's challenge failed.
Final Conclusion: the assessee succeeded on the principal capital gains issue and the Revenue's challenge to the allowance of enhanced compensation also failed, leaving the composite result in favour of the assessee.
Ratio Decidendi: where property is sold by a statutory body through public auction and the governing stamp law treats the auction price as fair market value for stamp duty purposes, section 50C cannot be applied to substitute a different stamp valuation; further, appellate authorities may admit a fresh legal claim that affects correct computation of taxable capital gains.
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