2020 (2) TMI 1641

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..... lf of the assessee that these employees are not acting in any Managerial capacity, so far as regards the discharge of their duties under the Parishad; and that the specific requirement of the section is concerning Managers and not employees. Therefore, the assessee has a prima facie case in its favour and as such the balance of convenience is also in its favour. However, keeping in view the interest of justice to both the parties, we direct the assessee to deposit an amount of Rs.20 crores in two installments of Rs.10 crores each and the first installment is to be paid latest by 29th February, 2020 and the second installment is to be paid latest by 15th March, 2020. The appeal of the assessee is accordingly adjourned for hearing to 23rd .....

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..... lication filed by the assessee is liable to be dismissed. 4. The ld. Counsel for the assessee, on the other hand, has stated that the employees of the assessee Parishad are not Managers of the Parishad, as they are doing routine work assigned to them and they are not involved in the management of the assessee Parishad. He further submitted that they are also not entrusted with taking managerial/strategic decisions. Moreover, the benefit to the employees has been given as a declared policy as notified in the Parishad Rules. In this regard, our attention was invited to para 36 of the Parishad rules and therefore, it was argued that there is no violation on the part of the assessee. The ld. Counsel for the assessee submitted that the assess .....

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..... concessional allotment of plots and the two persons who did get discount, are not either Trustees or Managers of the Parishad. Further, it is the Department s own case that the allotments purportedly in violation of section 13(3) of the Act have been made to the employees of the assessee Parishad. There is no rebuttal, however, to the assertion on behalf of the assessee that these employees are not acting in any Managerial capacity, so far as regards the discharge of their duties under the Parishad; and that the specific requirement of the section is concerning Managers and not employees. Therefore, the assessee has a prima facie case in its favour and as such the balance of convenience is also in its favour. However, keeping in view the in .....

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