Exemption u/s 11 - an assessment proceeding which is pending in...

Exemption u/s 11 - an assessment proceeding which is pending in appeal before the first appellate authority should be deemed to be assessment proceedings pending before the assessing officer within the meaning of that term as envisaged under the proviso. It follows there-from that the assessee which obtained registration u/s 12AA of the Act during the pendency of appeal was entitled for exemption claimed u/s 11 of the Act. - AT