2023 (9) TMI 858

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....er referred to as "the Act" for short], for the Assessment Year (AY) 2008-09. 2. The grounds raised by the assessee are as follows:- "1. On the facts and in circumstances of the case as well as law on the subject, the learned Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) has erred in confirming the action of Assessing Officer in reopening the assessment u/s 147 of the Act. 2. On the facts and in circumstances of the case as well as law on the subject, the learned Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) has erred in confirming disallowance of Rs. 17,90,000/- claimed u/s 54B of the Act. 3. On the facts and in circumstances of the case as well as law on the subject, the learned Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) has erred in confirming the disall....

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....elopers Pvt. Ltd. for a total consideration of Rs. 7,81,00,000/-. Shri Riddhish Balkrishna Trivedi was having one fourth share in the land so sold, Smt Sudhaben B. Trivedi was also having one fourth share in the aforesaid land so sold and the rest of the half share was held by Shri Radheshyamu P Trivedi who is the brother of father of Riddhish B. Trivedi. Earlier to conversion to non-agricultural land, the land was demarketed as Survey No. 73 admeasuring 12,849 square meters situated at village Danilimda. In the case of Mr. Riddhish B. Trivedi proceedings u/s 263 of the 1.T.Act 1961 were initiated and claim of Rs. 31,00,000/- made u/s 54B of the IT Act by the assessee was disallowed in the order passed u/s 263 of the I.T. Act. Claim of br....

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.... the first two paragraphs, reveal the information in the possession of the Assessing Officer on the basis of which he formed the belief of escapement of income in the case of the assessee. As per the said paragraph, we find that the Assessing Officer had information that a piece of land sold by the assessee during the year was co-owned with one Shri Riddhish Balkrishna Trivedi ,with the assessee being half owner of the land, and Shri Trivedi ¼th owner of the land. That the said land was sold for a consideration of Rs. 7.8 crores. That in the case of Shri Riddhish B. Trivedi, order u/s 263 of the Act had been passed noting that he had been incorrectly allowed claim of exemption/deduction against capital gains returned from sale of lan....

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....ed incorrect deduction u/s 54B of the Act of capital gain in which the assessee was also a co-owner, there is nothing in the reason revealing that there was any identity of facts of the assessee's claim of deduction against capital gain returned to tax with that of Shri Riddhish B. Trivedi. The Assessing Officer is not even aware of the Section under which the assessee has claimed deduction of its capital gain. In view of the same, we agree with the ld. Counsel for the assessee that, on the basis of information regarding incorrect claim of deduction of capital gain by Shri Riddhish B. Trivedi, the Assessing Officer could not have arrived at a belief that the assessee's income had also escaped assessment in the absence of complete particular....