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Issues: Whether, in the valuation of tenanted properties sold to the tenants under section 50C(2), the Valuation Officer was required to adopt the Rent Capitalization Method instead of the Land and Building Method for computing capital gains.
Analysis: The properties were found to be long-occupied tenanted properties sold to the tenants on an as-is-where-is basis and protected by rent restrictions, so the valuation had to reflect their income-yielding character rather than an open-market owner-occupied value. Section 50C(2) permits a reference to the Valuation Officer, and the valuation framework applicable through section 16A of the Wealth-tax Act and Rule 3 of Schedule III supports adoption of the Rent Capitalization Method for rented buildings. The valuation based on land and building method, CPWD rates, and reduced depreciation was therefore not accepted as the proper basis on these facts.
Conclusion: The Valuation Officer ought to have valued the properties by the Rent Capitalization Method, and the capital gains had to be recomputed accordingly, in favour of the assessee.
Ratio Decidendi: Where transferred immovable property is a tenanted, rent-restricted property sold to the occupants, valuation for section 50C purposes must be aligned with the property's rental character and the Rent Capitalization Method may be the appropriate method for determining fair market value.
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