Revisionary jurisdiction affirmed: trustee power to add beneficiaries justified reconsideration; AO required to verify genuineness of claims.

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....Revisionary jurisdiction was exercised where the Principal Commissioner found the trust deed empowered the trustee to add any person or charity to the class of beneficiaries, so benefits were not restricted to relatives; accordingly sums received could fall under the chargeable head invoked by the revising officer. The Tribunal agreed that the Assessing Officer failed to verify the genuineness of the trust's claim and did not form an express plausible view, making the AO's order erroneous and prejudicial and justifying revision under the statute; the assessee was given a chance to produce supporting evidence and the appeal was dismissed.....