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2016 (5) TMI 1496

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..... he same are genuine. The fact whether some benefit directly or indirectly is being diverted to one family, can be taken care of by the AO at the time of making the assessment and granting exemption under section 11 of the Act. Section 13 of the Act provides for refusing exemption under section 11 of the Act in such cases which the Assessing Officer can examine on yearly basis in every assessment year. Trust is not registered under the new Haryana Registration Regulation of Societies Registration Act, 2012 - we find ourselves in agreement with the arguments of the learned counsel for the assessee that the provisions of Haryana Registration Regulation of Societies Registration Act, 2012 are applicable to the society only. The assessee is a trust formed under the Indian Trust 1882 and has been duly registered with Sub-Registrar, Bilaspur. There is no bar under the Income Tax Act to give registration under section 12A of the Act to a trust. There is no provision which says that only societies can be registered under section 12A of the Act. Therefore, we do not find this objection raised by the Commissioner of Income Tax being as per law. Right to Education Act 2010 is not implemented b .....

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..... ion u/s. 12AA by holding that the trust deed does not provide for dissolution clause whereas the same is clearly mentioned in clause No. 14 of the Trust Deed. 3. That the learned CIT is not justified in rejecting the registration u/s. 12AA on the ground that School is run by one family comprising of a father and his two sons whereas, there are seven trustees, the other four come from different families. 4. That the learned CIT is not justified in rejecting the registration u/s. 12AA on the ground that the main motive is profit though more than 85% has been applied on the objects. 5. That the learned CIT is not justified in rejecting the registration u/s. 12AA on the ground that the trust is not registered under the New Haryana Registration & Regulation of Societies Registration Act, 2012, ignoring that the appellant is a Trust and not a society, duly registered with the Joint/Dy. Registrar Bilaspur. 6. That the learned CIT is not justified in rejecting the registration u/s. 12AA on the ground that Right to Education Act 2010 is not implemented, despite the fact that RTE Act is not relevant under section 12AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961. 7. For these and other reasons, tha .....

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..... the school was running on commercial lines under the guise of charitable purpose, no registration under section 12A of the Act should be granted. Reliance was placed on a judgment of the Kerala High Court in the case of Dawn Educational charitable Trust v. CIT (2015) 60 Taxmann.com 126 (Kerala). A judgment of Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Indian Chamber of commerce & Industry v. CIT (1975) 101 ITR 796 (SC) was also relied upon by the learned D.R. 6. We have heard the learned representatives of both the parties, perused the findings of the authorities below and considered the material available on record. From the perusal of the order of the Commissioner of Income Tax, we see that she has raised four reasons for not granting registration under section 12A of the Act to the assessee trust. First reason given by her reads as follows: "a) The Trust Deed has not provided for a dissolution clause for use of net assets of the trust for its objects in case of dissolution and bar on reversion of net assets to founder, members, directors etc." 7. For this, when we peruse the copy of trust deed filed by the assessee in the Paper Book, we see at page 15 of the trust d .....

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..... ne family, can be taken care of by the Assessing Officer at the time of making the assessment and granting exemption under section 11 of the Act. Section 13 of the Act provides for refusing exemption under section 11 of the Act in such cases which the Assessing Officer can examine on yearly basis in every assessment year. 11. Third issue raised by the Commissioner of Income Tax is as follows: "c) The Trust is not registered under the new Haryana Registration & Regulation of Societies Registration Act, 2012." 12. In this regard, we find ourselves in agreement with the arguments of the learned counsel for the assessee that the provisions of Haryana Registration & Regulation of Societies Registration Act, 2012 are applicable to the society only. The assessee is a trust formed under the Indian Trust 1882 and has been duly registered with Sub-Registrar, Bilaspur. There is no bar under the Income Tax Act to give registration under section 12A of the Act to a trust. There is no provision which says that only societies can be registered under section 12A of the Act. Therefore, we do not find this objection raised by the Commissioner of Income Tax being as per law. 13. The la .....

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