1998 (9) TMI 19

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..... "Whether the Appellate Tribunal is correct in holding that the payment of family allowance of Rs. 250 per mensem made by the Government of Tamil Nadu to compensate for the high cost of living of the assessee's family at Madras, will not fall within the inclusive definition of salary in section 17(1) of the Income-tax Act, 1961?" The year of assessment is 1982-83. The assessee, while working i .....

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..... t. The Tribunal also upheld the order of the Commissioner. Similar question came up for consideration in Tax Case No. 722 of 1984 (CIT v. Dr. P. L. Meyyappan [2000] 244 ITR 543) and this court on June 9, 1998, has held that the allowance received by the assessee should be treated as salary and assessed under the head "Salary" and the view taken by the Tribunal that the amount received is exempt .....

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