Exemption u/s 11 - UP Awas Evam Vikas Parishad - AO denied...

Exemption u/s 11 - UP Awas Evam Vikas Parishad - AO denied exemption holding that the assessee was hit by the proviso to section 2(15) of the Act as the assessee has been doing the activities which amounts to carrying on of business or trade - in view of the fact that CBDT itself has considered similar activities as being undertaken by various assessees being of non commercial nature, the activities undertaken by the assessee also cannot be said to be of commercial nature. - AT