2024 (3) TMI 1370

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....ounds of appeal:- "1. The order passed by CIT (Exemption) is bad in law and required to be quashed. 2. Ld. CIT (Exemption) erred in rejecting application for registration by observing that trust was provisionally registered under clause (iv) of first proviso to section 80G(5) and accordingly, impugned application was required to made under clause (iii) of first proviso instead of clause (ii) of first proviso. 3. Ld. CIT (Exemption) ought to have considered the fact that filing an application under wrong clause of proviso does not alter the objects or activities of trust and its procedural error or technical error and accordingly he ought to have granted registration. 4. Ld. CIT(Exemption) ought to have considered the fact that proce....

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....) and to pass orders accordingly. The Ld. A.R. further relied upon a judgment passed by the Calcutta Bench in ITA No. 994/Kol/2023. Such submission made by the Ld. A.R. has not been controverted by the Ld. D.R. with all his fairness. 5. We have heard the rival submissions made by the respective parties, we have also perused the relevant materials available on record. 6. Considering the fact we have further perused the judgment by the Kolkata Benches. We find while dealing with this issue the Ld. Bench was pleased to observe as follows:- "6. So far as the observation of the ld. CIT(E) that the assessee had already commenced its activities since long and that as per Clause (iii) of 1st Proviso to section 80G(5) of the Act, the application....

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....rant of provisional registration. The assessee as per statutory provision could not have directly applied for final registration without grant of provisional registration. The aforesaid proviso, therefore, is to be read as that after the grant of provisional registration, if the assessee has not commenced its activities, he may apply for registration within six months of the commencement of its activities or within the six months prior to the expiry of the period of provisional approval, whichever is earlier. In any case, the assessee is eligible to apply for final registration only after the grant of provisional approval. Therefore, we hold that there is no delay on the part of the assessee in filing application in the prescribed form for ....