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TMI Blog2022 (2) TMI 227X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... arises out of the order passed by CIT(A)-2, Aurangabad on 05.12.2019 in relation to the assessment year 2016-17. 2. The assessee is aggrieved by the denial of exemption u/s 11 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act‟) which was denied by the authorities below on the ground that the registration granted subsequently by the ld. CIT(E) was not operative to the year und ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... this count. 4. I have heard both the sides in Virtual Court and gone through the relevant material on record. There is no dispute on the fact that the assessee filed its return of income on 17.01.2017 for the year under consideration. The approval was granted by the ld. CIT(E) u/s 12AA on 16.05.2017. At this stage, it is relevant to take note of the mandate of sub-section (2) of section 12A grant ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... conferred to earlier years for which assessment proceedings are pending before the AO as on the date of such registration. The crucial words used in the second proviso are the pendency of assessment proceedings. To put it simply, if the assessment proceedings are pending before the AO when the registration is granted by CIT(E), the registration so granted will also have effect and the AO will be o ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... n held by the Hon‟ble Summit Court that the process of assessment commences with the filing of return or by issuance by the AO of notice to file a return and it culminates with the issuance of notice of demand u/s 156 of the Act. It is thus, manifest that the assessment proceedings commence with the filing of return and not when notice is issued for the first time u/s 143(2). Issuance of suc ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... essee was not applicable for the year under consideration. He, therefore, did not examine the amount of income actually entitled to exemption in terms of section 11 on merits. Since I have set aside the view of authorities below on the question of availability of exemption, I set aside the impugned order and restore the matter to the file of the AO for examining the amount of claim of exemption u/ ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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