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Issues: (i) Whether the claim for exemption under Section 10(23C)(vi) could be denied merely because Form 10BB was filed belatedly, though it was available at the time of processing the return and the return was filed within the extended due date; (ii) Whether the expenditure claimed could be disallowed in an intimation under Section 143(1) if the exemption claim was not to be accepted.
Issue (i): Whether the claim for exemption under Section 10(23C)(vi) could be denied merely because Form 10BB was filed belatedly, though it was available at the time of processing the return and the return was filed within the extended due date.
Analysis: The audit report in Form 10BB was treated as having been available when the return was processed, and the due date for filing the return had been extended. The filing requirement was regarded as procedural and directory, not mandatory, and the Bench followed the view that such a report cannot be rejected merely on the ground of delayed filing when the material was already on record at the processing stage.
Conclusion: The denial of exemption on the sole ground of belated filing of Form 10BB was not sustained; the matter was required to be reconsidered afresh.
Issue (ii): Whether the expenditure claimed could be disallowed in an intimation under Section 143(1) if the exemption claim was not to be accepted.
Analysis: It was held that, even if the exemption claim were to fail, the entire receipts could not be brought to tax without allowing the related expenditure, because such a disallowance was not permissible as a prima facie adjustment under Section 143(1). The matter was therefore sent back for fresh consideration with a direction to allow the expenditure if exemption was not granted.
Conclusion: The disallowance of expenditure in the intimation was not upheld.
Final Conclusion: The assessment and appellate orders were set aside and the matter was remitted for fresh adjudication, with consequential reliefs in favour of the assessee to be considered by the Assessing Officer.
Ratio Decidendi: A statutory filing requirement that is procedural and directory cannot by itself defeat an exemption claim when the required report was available at the time of processing, and expenditure cannot be denied as a prima facie adjustment under Section 143(1) without proper adjudication.
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