The Appellate Tribunal addressed the issue of non-grant of...

The Appellate Tribunal addressed the issue of non-grant of registration u/s 12AB from the assessment year 2021-22 due to an amendment to Clause (ac) of section 12A(1) by TOLA. The Tribunal found that the trust had applied for fresh registration in Form 10A as required by the amended law. It criticized the decision of the PCIT/CIT for granting registration only from 2022-23 to 2026-27 instead of from 2021-22 onwards. The Tribunal held that the assessee was entitled to registration from 2021-22, overturned the previous decision, and instructed the PCIT/CIT to grant registration from the said year. The appeal by the assessee was allowed for statistical purposes.