2018 (7) TMI 836

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....in respect of the property situated at Yenamalakuduru, near Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. The assessee is holding land admeasuring 0.58.11 cents at Yenamalakuduru Village, near Vijayawada which is with in the 8 Kms from the Municipal corporation limits of Vijayawada and claimed the same as exempt while filing the return of income as the said land was agricultural land. The A.O. was of the view that since the land is located within the radius of 8 kms. from Vijayawada Municipal Corporation, the land is exigible to wealth tax but not exempt as claimed by the assessee. Accordingly, the A.O. assessed the value of the land of Rs. 68,06,008/- to the wealth tax as urban land. 3. Aggrieved by the order of the A.O., the assessee went on appeal before....

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....n his order (i.e.) the decision of Hon'ble TAT Cochin in the case of Meena Jacob V WTO (2007) reported in 14 SOT 486 is distinguishable on facts from that of appellant. Assessing Officer has not brought on record any evidence to hold that the land is not agricultural land. Hence, I am of the view that the land is exempt as per then extant provisions of Wealth Tax Act. I, therefore, direct the Assessing Officer to delete addition of value of land (i.e.) Rs. 68,06,008/- for Wealth Tax purposes." 4. We have heard both the parties, perused the materials available on record and gone through the orders of the authorities below. The revenue's case is that the land in question was urban land and not exempt u/s 2(ea) of the Wealth Tax Act. The ass....