1999 (10) TMI 54

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....On the basis of applications under section 256(1) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (in short "the Act"), the following questions have been referred for opinion of this court by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Cochin Bench (in short "the Tribunal") "Questions in ITA No. 810/Coch of 1992 : (1) Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case and also in view of the fact that the actual....

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....ting the Assessing Officer to adopt the annual letting value on the basis of the rent receivable at Rs. 22,680 ?" The factual position, as set out in the statement of the case, is as follows: The assessee is an individual, deriving income from house property. The Assessing Officer fixed the annual value of the property at Rs. 46,441 on the basis of the actual rent received for the assessment....

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....s-objection filed by the assessee, the Tribunal held that the rent receivable amounting to Rs. 22,680 should be taken for the purpose of assessment instead of Rs. 27,780. The Revenue's stand is that where the assessee's property is let out, the amount actually received has to be taken note of. According to learned counsel for the assessee, the provisions of section 23(1)(a) clearly set out the ....

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....ght reasonably be expected to be let from year to year ; or (b) where the property is let and the annual rent received or receivable by the owner in respect thereof is in excess of the sum referred to in clause (a), the amount so received or receivable. Obviously, if the amount received or receivable is in excess of the sum for which the property might reasonably be expected to be let from year to....