1980 (12) TMI 63

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....s. 260 and Rs. 980 imposed for defaults under s. 18(1)(a)of the WT Act, involving common order. 2. The assessee, whose main asset liable to wealth-tax is agricultural lands, received notice under s. 17 for the asst. yr. 1970-71 in March, 1976. He filed his wealth-tax return of that year on 24th Sep., 1976. He also voluntarily filed wealth-tax return for the asst. yr. 1971-72 on the same date an....

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....as not the position for the asst. yr. 1973-74. 3. We have heard the rival submissions and looked into the evidence contained in the assessee's paper book. We feel that the levy of penalty in all the three assessment years was not justified as the assessee had shown a reasonable cause for the delay. It may be stated that the assessee merely received notice under s. 17 for the asst. yr. 1970-71 a....

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....e his first defaults. The Deptl. Rep., on the other hand, heavily relied upon the agreement aspect and the legal position that the value of a rented house was not exempt from wealth-tax in the assessment years under consideration. Considering the totality of circumstances, we feel that the assessee's plea of bona fide impression about his wealth to be below taxable limit is quite correct. The asse....