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Issues: (i) Whether the delay in filing the appeals before the first appellate authority deserved condonation. (ii) Whether the ex gratia received under the BSNL Voluntary Retirement Scheme, 2019 was exempt as retrenchment compensation under section 10(10B) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 and not restricted by section 10(10C).
Issue (i): Whether the delay in filing the appeals before the first appellate authority deserved condonation.
Analysis: The delay was explained with reference to the pendency of litigation on the status of BSNL employees and the assessee's claim being pursued only after the legal position became clearer. The Tribunal followed the consistent view taken in coordinate bench decisions that substantial justice should prevail where sufficient cause is shown for the delay.
Conclusion: The delay was condoned.
Issue (ii): Whether the ex gratia received under the BSNL Voluntary Retirement Scheme, 2019 was exempt as retrenchment compensation under section 10(10B) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 and not restricted by section 10(10C).
Analysis: The Tribunal applied the coordinate bench view that compensation received under the BSNL Voluntary Retirement Scheme, 2019 is in substance retrenchment compensation falling within section 10(10B) of the Income-tax Act, 1961. It treated the payment as exempt capital receipt and followed the settled line of decisions granting the benefit on identical facts, while rejecting the Revenue's objection based on the contrary view and prospective application of enhancement.
Conclusion: The assessee was held entitled to exemption on the ex gratia amount under section 10(10B) of the Income-tax Act, 1961.
Final Conclusion: The appeals succeeded and the assessee obtained full relief on the exemption claim, with the assessing authority directed to give effect to the order.
Ratio Decidendi: Compensation received under the BSNL Voluntary Retirement Scheme, 2019 was treated as retrenchment compensation eligible for exemption under section 10(10B) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, and delay in pursuing the claim was condonable where sufficient cause and substantial justice were established.
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