CIT(A) Cannot Set Aside Issues to AO u/s 251; Can Only Direct AO on Specific Findings.

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....Power to CIT(A) to set aside the order and remand back to AO - CIT(A) has only directed the AO to determine the actual distance based on these findings and then accordingly deal with the adjustment to be made. There is clearly a difference between setting aside an issue to the A.O., which power the Ld. CIT(A) does not have as per Section 251 of the Act, and giving directions to the AO. An issue set aside to the AO is left for adjudication to him, while in a case giving directions, the issue is restored to the AO only for acting on the adjudication done by the CIT(A). - AT....