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Issues: Whether the assessee-road transport corporation is a "local authority" within the meaning of the Income-tax Act so as to claim exemption under section 10(20).
Analysis: The definition of "local authority" in section 3(31) of the General Clauses Act requires a body of the same nature and character as a municipal committee, district board, or port commissioners' body, with features such as legal independence, some element of popular representation, and functions analogous to municipal administration. The assessee was a statutory road transport corporation constituted to provide transport services in the State. Its constitution did not include popular representation, its functions were confined to running transport services, and its powers under the Road Transport Corporations Act were directed to internal administration and employee service conditions. It did not possess the governmental or compulsion-based powers associated with municipal bodies or with the Delhi Development Authority considered in the cited precedent.
Conclusion: The assessee is not a local authority and is not entitled to exemption under section 10(20) of the Income-tax Act, 1961.
Ratio Decidendi: A statutory corporation is not a "local authority" unless it has the essential attributes of a municipal-type body, including municipal functions and an element of popular representation; a transport corporation confined to service provision and internal administration does not qualify.
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