GST and excise duty refund under an industrial policy treated as capital receipt, not taxable, on merits.

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....A subsidy received under the Jammu & Kashmir New Industrial Policy by way of GST/excise duty refund was treated as a capital receipt not chargeable to tax. The Tribunal noted that a claim raised only through a revised computation, and not in the return or a revised return, was not entertainable by the Assessing Officer. On merits, it examined the Industrial Policy dated 14.06.2002 and Notification No. 56/2002, applied the reasoning in Gravita Metal Inc., and found the refund incentive to be an exemption for a specified period rather than a revenue receipt. The appeal was allowed.....