Vacancy Relief Denied for Unlet Property; Annual Value Computed Differently for Let and Unlet Floors Under Tax Law.

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....Income from House property - Vacancy can only follow a state of actual letting, envisaged u/ss. 23(1)(b)/(c). Reduction due to vacancy u/s. 23(1)(c) would accordingly follow a condition of actual letting, absent in the instant case for the top floor of the building. A part of the property referred to therein is one which admits of an actual and separate letting. The AV of the 7th floor would therefore be computed u/s. 23(1)(a), while that for other floors, being let, u/s. 23(1)(a) r/w ss. 23(1)(b)/(c). - AT....