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Issues: Whether the assessee was entitled to deduction under Section 80IB(10) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 when approval and completion certificate for the housing project were issued by the Gram Panchayat, and whether the Gram Panchayat could be treated as the competent local authority for the purpose of the deduction.
Analysis: The housing project was in village area and the approval as well as completion certificate had been issued by the Gram Panchayat. The only objection raised by the Revenue was that the Gram Panchayat was not the competent authority. The issue was covered by jurisdictional precedent holding that, in the context of village housing projects, the Gram Panchayat functions as the local authority competent to grant sanction. The assessee had otherwise satisfied the conditions for deduction under Section 80IB(10), and the Revenue's objection did not survive in view of the earlier binding decision.
Conclusion: The assessee was held entitled to deduction under Section 80IB(10); the approval by the Gram Panchayat was treated as valid sanction by the competent local authority.
Final Conclusion: The disallowance of deduction was set aside and the appeal succeeded on the merits of eligibility for housing-project deduction.
Ratio Decidendi: For deduction under Section 80IB(10), approval granted by the Gram Panchayat for a village housing project can constitute approval by the competent local authority where the statutory conditions of the deduction are otherwise satisfied.
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