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Issues involved: Levy of penalty u/s 271(1)(c) of the Act for assessment years 2001-02, 2004-05, 2005-06, and 2006-07.
Summary: The Appellate Tribunal ITAT Rajkot considered four appeals by the revenue against the CIT(A) orders for the mentioned assessment years. The common issue in all appeals was the levy of penalty u/s 271(1)(c) of the Act. In response to the revenue's appeals, it was argued that incriminating materials were found during a search operation at the assessee's premises, leading to the declaration of undisclosed income for the respective assessment years. The assessing officer accepted the returns filed u/s 153C but imposed penalties under u/s 271(1)(c) due to the undisclosed income not being previously disclosed. Reference was made to a Tribunal order confirming a similar penalty in a related case. The representative for the assessee contended that since the undisclosed income was disclosed during the block assessment proceedings, penalties should be deleted, citing a previous Tribunal decision in a similar case. After considering both sides, the Tribunal noted that the assessee had disclosed all income in the returns filed post the search operation, and no further additions were made by the assessing officer. As per the Tribunal's earlier orders and the abatement of pending proceedings post filing u/s 153C, the penalties were rightly deleted by the CIT(A). The Tribunal found no issues with the lower authority's orders and confirmed them, resulting in the dismissal of all four revenue appeals. The order was pronounced in open court on 17-06-2011.
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