Sesa Goa Ltd. v. JCIT (2020)423 ITR 426 /117 taxmannn.com 96/ 193 DTR 41/ 316 CTR 446 (Bom) (HC)

251 : Appeal – Commissioner (Appeals) – Powers – Powers of Appellate Authorities — Appellate Authorities can consider claim not raised before Assessing Officer Education cess is held to be deductible . [ S. 40(a)(ii) 254(1) ]

Court held that though the claim to deduction of education cess and higher and secondary education cess was not raised in the original return or by filing a revised return, the assessee had addressed a letter claiming such deduction before the assessment could be completed. However, even if we proceed on the basis that there was no obligation on the Assessing Officer to consider the claim for deduction in such letter, the Commissioner (Appeals) or the Appellate Tribunal, before whom such deduction was specifically claimed, was duty bound to consider such claim. Followed  CIT v. Orient (Goa) P Ltd  [2010] 325 ITR 554 (Bom)  (HC)  ( AY.2008-09, 2009-10)