TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2020 (3) TMI 117
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....P(2)(a)(i) for the Appellant. CIT(A) has erred in not considering the appellant as a Co-operative Society entitled for the deduction u/s 80P(2)(a)(i). 3. The Learned CIT(A) has erred in concluding that interest income earned by the appellant is not eligible for deduction u/s 80P(2)(a)(i). CIT(A) has failed to recognize the facts of the case, ignored the claim of the appellant and has failed to specifically adjudicate on this matter, despite specific plea made by the Appellant. 4. Ld. CIT(A) has failed to pass a reasoned, speaking order providing reasons as to why judicial precedent(s) relied upon by the Appellant cannot be applied in the facts and circumstances of the case for its claims. 5. Without prejudice, the Learned AO has failed to apply the decision of Hon'ble Karnataka High Court in the case of CIT Vs Sri Bilure Gurubasava Pattina Sahakari Sangha iyamita, quoting that the case has not reached finality as it is pending before Hon'ble Supreme Court Decision of Karnataka High Court is binding so long as facts are similar. The learned CIT(A) has failed to adjudicate the matter by setting aside the actions of the AO in this regard despite facts being similar. ....
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....per the impugned order of ld. CIT(A) also, no finding of ld. CIT(A) is there that this judgment rendered in the case of The Citizen Co-operative Society Ltd. Vs. ACIT (supra) is applicable in the present case. Hence, I hold that this judgment of Hon'ble Karnataka High Court has no applicability in the present case in view of the facts discussed above. Regarding the argument of ld. DR of revenue that the earlier Tribunal order rendered by the Division Bench of the Tribunal in the case of M/s. Udaya Souharda Credit Cooperative Society Ltd. (supra) should be followed in preference to the later decision of SMC bench of the Tribunal rendered in the case of Siddartha Pattina Souharda Sahakari Niyamitha Vs. ITO (supra), I find that in this later case, the SMC bench of the Tribunal has duly considered the earlier decision of the Division Bench of the Tribunal rendered in the case of M/s. Udaya Souharda Credit Co-operative Society (supra) and it is also noted that ld. CIT(A) and AO in that case has examined the whole issue in the light of Karnataka Souharda Sahakari Act, 1997. Because of this reason, it was held by the SMC bench of the Tribunal that issue has to be decided by the Tribun....
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....hese paras are as under: "5. I have heard the rival submissions. The learned counsel for the Assessee submitted that Souharda Sahakari registered under the Karnataka Souharda Sahakari Act, 1997 are also co-operative societies within the meaning of Sec.2(19) of the Act and therefore the revenue authorities were not justified in denying the benefit of deduction to the Assessee. The learned DR relied on a decision of the ITAT Bangalore Bench in the case of M/s. Millennium Credit Cooperative Society Ltd. Vs. ITO ITA Nos. 2606 & 2607/Bang/2017 in which the Tribunal followed the decision of ITAT Bangalore Bench in the case of M/s. Udaya Souharda Credit Co-operative Society Ltd. ITA No.2831/Bang/2017 order dated 17.8.2018 in which the issue whether souharda registered under the Karnataka Souharda Sahakari Act, 1997 can be regarded as co-operative society entitled to benefit of deduction u/s.80P(2)(a)(i) of the Act was remanded to the AO for fresh consideration. We are of the view that in the present case, the AO and CIT(A) have already considered this issue in the light of the Karnataka Souharda Sahakari Act, 1997 and therefore this issue has to be decided by me and cannot be remanded t....
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....hat the unabated party politics in the co-operative movement is also a big hindrance to its progress. Realizing the vital role of the cooperative movement in the progress of the society, the Central Planning Commission set up a committee by appointing Shri Chaudari Brahmaprakash as its head & with a task of drafting a 'Model Cooperative Act' which will prevent interference of the governments. This committee, after a detailed study of the Cooperative Acts of various states, drafted a 'Model Cooperative Act' in 1991 and Central Government recommended the state governments to adopt this. Accordingly, in 1997 a bill on parallel cooperative act was tabled in the state legislature of Karnataka. Demanding an early approval of this bill by both the houses of Karnataka Legislature, a committee 'Souharda Samvardhana Samithi' under the chairmanship of Justice Rama Jois came into existence. It was due to the combined efforts of Sahakara Bharathi Karnataka and Souharda Samvardhana Samithi, "The Karnataka Souharda Sahakari Act-1997 (KSSA, 1997)" was passed in the legislature. With the consent of The President of India, it was enforced from January 2001. Preamble to the Act reads thus:- "An Act....