Relief under the salary-arrear relief provision was considered...

Relief under the salary-arrear relief provision was considered in relation to exemptions for voluntary retirement payments; the tribunal accepted that gratuity, leave encashment, voluntary retirement compensation and arrears may be exempt and that relief under the arrears-relief provision can be claimed in addition to the statutory exemption. Relying on cited precedents, the tribunal remitted the common computation issue to the assessing officer for verification and recalculation of the arrears relief in accordance with law, directing reasonable opportunity to the assessee and allowing the appeals for statistical purposes.

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