Tribunal upholds CIT(A)'s decision on deduction under section 80IA, dismissing revenue's appeal.

The Tribunal upheld the CIT(A)'s decision to delete the disallowed deduction under section 80IA, following a previous ITAT decision in favor of the assessee for a prior year. The revenue's appeal was dismissed, and the addition of Rs. 2,13,47,159 was deleted. The Tribunal also dismissed the assessee's cross-objection challenging the assessment validity, deeming it irrelevant after resolving the deduction issue in favor of the assessee.

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Issues Involved:
Appeal by revenue against CIT(A) order regarding deletion of deduction under section 80IA.

Analysis:
1. The appeal by the revenue was against the deletion of deduction under section 80IA by the Ld. CIT(A). The revenue challenged the addition of Rs. 2,13,47,159 made by the Assessing Officer (A.O.) due to disallowance of the deduction claimed by the assessee company.
2. The assessee, engaged in manufacturing chemicals and power, filed its income return claiming a deduction of Rs. 24,12,85,863 under section 80IA for profit from its power generation unit. The A.O. allowed this deduction in the original assessment but later reopened it, alleging inflated income by Rs. 2,13,47,159. The A.O. disallowed the deduction under section 80IA in the reassessment, resulting in an increased total income of Rs. 6,31,22,705.
3. The Ld. CIT(A) upheld the validity of the assessment under section 147/143(3) and decided against the assessee on this issue. However, on the disallowance of deduction under section 80IA, the Ld. CIT(A) referred to a previous ITAT decision in favor of the assessee for A.Y. 2007-08 and deleted the addition of Rs. 2,13,47,159. The revenue appealed to the Tribunal, while the assessee filed a cross-objection challenging the assessment validity.
4. The Tribunal noted that a similar issue was decided in favor of the assessee by ITAT for A.Y. 2007-08, which was upheld by the Kolkata High Court. The Tribunal, following the High Court decision, dismissed the revenue's appeal and upheld the Ld. CIT(A)'s order deleting the disallowed deduction.
5. The cross-objection by the assessee challenging the assessment validity was deemed irrelevant after upholding the Ld. CIT(A)'s decision on the deduction issue. The Tribunal dismissed both the revenue's appeal and the assessee's cross-objection.

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