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Issues: Whether the heirs of a deceased co-owner, acting under a power of attorney that authorised one heir to manage the common properties, constituted an association of persons carrying on business for gain in respect of income from felling trees on leasehold land.
Analysis: The relevant test is whether two or more persons join in a common purpose or common action and whether the object of that association is to produce income, profits or gains. The material showed only that the heirs held definite and ascertainable shares as co-owners and that the power of attorney enabled one heir to manage the properties for the common benefit of all. The income in question arose from cutting trees to make the land cultivable and was not shown to be income from any common business or joint enterprise. There was no pooling of shares in a fresh venture and no material to support a finding that the co-heirs had formed a unit for earning income as an association of persons.
Conclusion: The heirs did not constitute an association of persons in relation to the impugned income, and the question was answered in the negative, in favour of the assessee.
Ratio Decidendi: Co-owners or heirs holding definite shares do not become an association of persons merely because one of them is authorised to manage the common property; a common purpose to earn income by joint action must be shown.
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