Misc application dismissed; ITAT remand to AO/TPO/DRP upheld as trader classification under CBDT notification (29.10.2015) is fact-based

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....The HC dismissed the miscellaneous application and upheld the ITAT's remand to the AO/TPO/DRP, holding that whether the assessee qualifies as a trader other than a wholesale trader depends on factual satisfaction of the two cumulative conditions in the CBDT notification dated 29.10.2015. The court observed the assessee had adduced material showing non-compliance with one condition and the ITAT had already accepted non-classification as a wholesale trader for AY 2014-15; consequently the issue is fact-centric and does not raise any substantial question of law, precluding judicial interference with the remand or directing application of a 3% tolerance.....