2016 (1) TMI 1214

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.... B. Koli, JCIT For the Respondent: Philip George, Advocate ORDER Chandra Poojari (Accountant Member) The appeals by the Revenue and the cross objections by the assessee are directed against different orders of the Commissioner of Income-tax(Appeals) dated 11.8.2015 for the assessment years 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2008-09. Since, the issues involved in the appeals and the cross objections....

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.... perused the material on record. In our opinion, the decision taken by the CIT(Appeals) treating the income from nursery as agriculture income is justified and as in similar circumstances, in the case of CIT v. Soundarya Nursery (241 ITR 530), the Jurisdictional High Court has held that the income from the sale of plants grown in pots and the sale of seeds derived on account of cultivation by the ....

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....t to our notice that the tax effect involved in the Revenue's appeals for the asst. years 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07, is below Rs. 10 lakhs. As such, in view of the CBDT Circular No. 21/2015, Dated 10th December, 2015, the appeals for the asst. years 2004-05, 200506 and 2006-07 are not maintainable on this foot also. 5. The assessee, in its cross objection has challenged the reopening of assess....