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Income-tax Reference No. 114 of 1985

Judges

R.C Mankad
A.C.J
R.K Abichandani, J.

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SECTION 154 INCOME TAX ACT 1961
section 10(22) of the Income-tax Act, 1961,
provisions of section 10(22),

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Structured Summary of the Opinion — Gujarat State Co-operative Union

Factual and Procedural Background

The assessee, Gujarat State Co-operative Union, Ahmedabad, in returns for the assessment years 1972-73 to 1975-76 sought (a) to set off surplus realised against past losses by an application under section 154 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 after original assessments were concluded, and (b) exemption under section 10(22) of the Act on the ground that it was an educational institution existing solely for educational purposes.

The Income-tax Officer rejected both contentions. The assessee appealed to the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) for some years and to the Appellate Assistant Commissioner for other years; those appellate authorities allowed the appeals on both counts (i.e., allowed carry forward/set off and held the assessee entitled to exemption under section 10(22)).

Revenue challenged the appellate orders before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (the Tribunal). By a common order dated 15 September 1984, the Tribunal held that the assessee was not entitled to carry forward and set off past losses in rectification proceedings, but observed that past losses had been ascertained in the relevant years and that the Income-tax Officer was bound to examine records to decide availability of prior-year losses. The Tribunal also held that the assessee could not be considered an educational institution within the meaning of section 10(22), relying on Loka Shikshana Trust v. CIT.

At the instance of the assessee the Tribunal referred the following question under section 256(1) of the Act to the High Court:

"Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in law in holding that the applicant was not entitled to exemption from tax under section 10(22) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, for the assessment years 1972-73 to 1977-78?"

The High Court heard counsel for both sides and disposed of the reference, answering the question in the negative and against the Revenue, and disposed the reference with no order as to costs.

Legal Issues Presented

Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in law in holding that the assessee was not entitled to exemption from tax under section 10(22) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, for the assessment years 1972-73 to 1977-78.

Arguments of the Parties

Appellant (Assessee) — Mr. K. H. Kaji

The objects of the assessee, as set out in its bye-laws, demonstrate that it is an educational institution within the meaning of section 10(22).
The assessee exists solely for educational purposes and not for purposes of profit.

Respondent (Revenue) — Mr. Shelat

Some objects of the assessee-Co-operative Union cannot be described as educational; therefore it is not an institution existing solely for educational purposes and is not entitled to section 10(22).
For an educational institution there must be a teacher-taught relationship (as in universities), which he says is absent here because education is not imparted in that conventional manner.
Relied on observations in Loka Shikshana Trust v. CIT to support a restricted meaning of "education".

Table of Precedents Cited

Precedent	Rule or Principle Cited For	Application by the Court
Loka Shikshana Trust v. CIT [1975] 101 ITR 234 (Supreme Court)	The Supreme Court's observations as to the meaning of "education" in section 2(15) (in the context of section 11), indicating that "education" in that clause relates to systematic instruction, schooling or training and is not to be given an unduly wide meaning.	The High Court concluded the Tribunal misread and over-applied those observations. The High Court explained that the Supreme Court's remarks were made in the specific context of section 2(15) and did not confine the meaning of "education" so narrowly as to exclude systematic dissemination of knowledge and training by the assessee. The High Court therefore rejected the Tribunal's reliance on this precedent to deny exemption under section 10(22).
CIT v. Maharaja Sawai Mansinghji Museum Trust [1988] 169 ITR 379 (Rajasthan High Court)	Held that a museum, even though educational for visitors, was not an educational institution existing solely for educational purposes within the meaning of section 10(22), drawing on Loka Shikshana Trust.	The High Court distinguished that decision: it found the present assessee's objects and activities (courses, training centres, seminars, diplomas) substantively different from a museum and therefore held the Rajasthan decision did not support Revenue's position.
Rao Bahadur A. K. D. Dharmaraja Education Charity Trust v. CIT [1990] 182 ITR 80 (Madras High Court)	Addressed whether a trust could be treated as an educational institution under section 10(22) where only a very small amount was spent on education while a large surplus funded other charitable purposes (and the trust carried on non-educational business activity).	The High Court observed this case was distinguishable because there only a small portion of income was spent on education and substantial activity was non-educational; the present assessee, by contrast, carried on organised educational courses and related activities, so the Madras decision did not assist Revenue.

Court's Reasoning and Analysis

The High Court's reasoning proceeded through the following analytical steps, based on material placed before it and arguments recorded in the opinion:

Identification of statutory test: The court framed the issue under section 10(22), which exempts "any income of a university or other educational institution existing solely for educational purposes and not for purposes of profit" from total income computation. Thus the central inquiry was whether the assessee "exists solely for educational purposes and not for purposes of profit."
Examination of the assessee's objects: The court relied on bye-law 2 (placed on record by consent), which lists eight objects. The court reproduced and considered those clauses (i)–(viii), including explicit educational objectives such as imparting education to co-operative members, functioning as a coordinating agency for co-operative education, conducting training classes, prescribing courses, conducting examinations and awarding certificates or diplomas, opening libraries, and publishing literature.
Review of actual activities: The court relied on annexure "A" to the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals)'s order — a list describing courses and their durations (Higher Diploma in Co-operation (condensed) — 18 weeks; Diploma in Land Development Banking — 12 weeks; Certificate Course in Co-operative Credit and Banking — 10 weeks; specialised short-term and orientation courses), operation of four co-operative training centres conducting junior basic courses (24 weeks), seminars, co-operative education programmes (including consumer and women programmes), special training classes, audio-visual education, publication of two journals ("Sahakar" and "Gram Swaraj"), and maintenance of a library.
Conclusion from objects and activities: On the totality of objects and the actual, undisputed activities, the court concluded the assessee exists solely for educational purposes. The court treated clauses (iii), (iv), (vi) and (viii) (representation of non-official opinion; furthering the co-operative movement; publishing periodicals and literature; running a printing press) as referable to and in aid of its educational purposes, not as independent non-educational objects. The court described such subsidiary activities (printing, publishing) as ancillary and not detracting from exclusive educational character.
Treatment of the Revenue's contention relying on Loka Shikshana Trust: The court analyzed the Supreme Court's language in Loka Shikshana Trust which spoke of "education" in the context of section 2(15) (defining "charitable purpose") and observed that the Supreme Court used examples (systematic instruction given to the young) to indicate the sense of "education" appropriate in that context. The High Court reasoned that those observations were not intended to limit "education" to a narrow scholastic context excluding other systematic modes of instruction or training; the court held the Tribunal misread these observations when it inferred that "education" is limited to schools, colleges and similar institutions only.
Alternative reasoning if Loka were read narrowly: The court observed that even if the Loka observations were to be read as applying only to schools and colleges, the present assessee nonetheless runs colleges and training centres awarding diplomas and certificates, and so would meet the narrower test as well.
Distinguishing other authorities: The court considered the Rajasthan High Court decision concerning a museum and a Madras High Court decision concerning a trust that spent only a small portion on education. In each case the court found distinguishing facts (museum vs organised courses; small educational expenditure vs significant organised educational activity) and held those authorities did not support Revenue's contention that the assessee was not an educational institution under section 10(22).
Consideration of income and profit: The court addressed Revenue's suggestion that receipt of income or grants disqualifies the assessee. It contrasted the scheme of section 11 (income from property wholly for charitable/religious purposes, with application/accumulation rules) with section 10(22) which contemplates exemption of income of educational institutions and does not impose the same limitation on accumulated income. The court therefore rejected the argument that mere existence of income or profit-making property disqualifies an institution from section 10(22) if its sole purpose is educational.

Holding and Implications

Holding:

The High Court held that the Tribunal was not right in law in holding that the assessee was not entitled to exemption under section 10(22) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 for the assessment years 1972-73 to 1977-78. The court answered the referred question in the negative and against the Revenue.

Core Ruling: The assessee is an educational institution existing solely for educational purposes and not for purposes of profit within the meaning of section 10(22) for the assessment years in question; therefore it is entitled to the exemption claimed under that provision.

Immediate consequences and implications:

The Tribunal's conclusion denying exemption under section 10(22) for the specified assessment years was set aside in relation to that issue.
The reference under section 256(1) was disposed of with no order as to costs (as recorded in the opinion).
The court distinguished earlier precedents relied on by Revenue and confined those authorities to their facts; the opinion does not purport to create a new general precedent beyond the legal conclusions applied to the present facts.

Note: This summary is drawn exclusively from the text of the provided opinion and does not add information beyond that opinion.

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Gujarat State Co-Operative Union v. Commissioner Of Income-Tax.

1. The assessee, Gujarat State Co-operative Union, Ahmedabad, in its return for the assessment years 1972-73 to 1975-76, claimed before the Income-tax Officer that the surplus realised by it should be set off against the past losses which were determined and ascertained. The application was made under section 154 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as the said "Act"), after the original assessments were concluded The assessee-Co-operative Union also claimed that the activities carried on by it were covered by the provisions of section 10(22) of the Act as it was an educational institution existing solely for educational purposes and was, therefore, entitled to exemption from tax for the assessment years 1972-73 to 1977-78. The Income-tax Officer rejected the contention of the assessee on both the counts. The assessee, therefore, appealed to the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) for some years and to the Appellate Assistant Commissioner for other years and these appeals were allowed on both the counts. The appellate authorities held that the assessee was entitled to carry forward and set off of past losses and further it was also entitled to exemption in respect of its income under section 10(22) of the Act. The Revenue challenged the order of the appellate authorities before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal and the Tribunal, by its common order dated September 15, 1984, for all the assessment years, held that the assessee was not entitled to carry forward and set off of the past losses in rectification proceedings. The Tribunal, however, held that the past losses were ascertained by the concerned Income-tax Officer in their respective years and, therefore, the Income-tax Officer was bound to examine his records for deciding whether previous years losses were available for being carried forward and set of against the income in subsequent years. The Tribunal also held that, the assessee was of the assessee could not be considered to be educational in view of the meaning given to the word "education" by the Supreme Court in its decision in Sole Trustee, Loka Shikshana Trust v. CIT [1975] 101 ITR 234. The Tribunal, in the above background, referred, at the instance of the assessee-Co-operative Union, the following question under section 256(1) of the Act for the opinion of the High Court :

"Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in law in holding that the applicant was not entitled to exemption from tax under section 10(22) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, for the assessment years 1972-73 to 1977-78 ?"

2. It was contended by learned counsel, Mr. K. H. Kaji, appearing for the assessee-Co-operative Union, that the objects of the assessee clearly discloses that it was an educational institution within the meaning of section 10(22) of the Act. He also submitted that the institution was not existing for purposes of profit but was existing solely for educational purposes. Mr. Shelat, learned counsel appearing for the Revenue, on the other hand, strongly contended that, since some of the objects of the objects of the assessee-Co-operative Union could not be described as educational in nature, the assessee was not an institution existing solely for educational purposes, and, therefore, it was not entitled to the benefit of section 10(22) of the Act. He submitted that, for an educational institution, it was essential that there should be a teacher and taught relationship which was absent in the present case, since education was not being imparted in the manner as is done in the universities. In support of this contention, Mr. Shelat placed strong reliance on the observations made by the Supreme Court in Loka Shikshana Trust's case [1975] 101 ITR 234 which are also relied upon by the Tribunal and reproduced in para 17 of its order.

3. The controversy which we are called upon to decide is, therefore, whether the assessee is an educational institution existing solely for educational purposes and not for purposes of profit within the meaning of section 10(22) of the Act, it is provided that, in computing the total income of a previous year of any person, any income falling within the said clause, i.e., any income of a university or other education institution existing solely for educational purposes and not for purposes of profit, shall not be included. The objects of the assessee Co-operative Union as also the activities actually carried on by it will throw considerable light on the question whether the assessee Co-operative Union is existing solely for educational purposes or not. Bye-law 2 of the bye-laws of the assessee-Co-operative Union, a copy of which is placed on record by the consent of both learned counsel for our consideration, enumerates therein eight objects of the assessee-Co-operative Union and they read as under :

(i) to impart education to members of co-operative societies and to workers in this co-operative movement;

(ii) to act as a co-ordinating agency on all matters pertaining to co-operatives education and function as a body of experts in matters relating to education;

(iii) to function as a focusing centre on non-official opinion on various subjects affecting the movement and for representing it in proper quarters;

(iv) to further the spread of the co-operative movement;

(v) to promote the study of problems connected with co-operation and carry on research in the same;

(vi) to open circulating libraries, to publish periodicals, books, pamphlets, and literature in general on co-operation rural development and allied subjects;

(vii) to conduct training classes, training centres, schools, colleges, prescribe courses of instruction for them, conduct examination and award certificates or diplomas; and

(viii) to run a printing press.

4. The activities carried on by the assessee-Co-operative Union have been briefly summarised at annexure "A" to the order of the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) dated November 22, 1983, and the said list of activities is referred to in para 5 of the order of the Commissioner of Income-tax. The fact that these activities are carried on by the assessee-Co-operative Union has not been disputed. The list of activities at annexure 'A' gives particulars of the courses conducted by the assessee-Co-operative Union and their duration. The assessee conducts courses for Higher Diploma in Co-operation (condensed) - 18 weeks, Diploma in Land Development Banking - 12 weeks, Certificate Course in Co-operative Credit and Banking - 10 weeks, and Specialised Short-term Courses/Orientation Courses. The assessee also conducts seminars. It also appears that the assessee has been running four co-operative training centres which conduct junior basic courses of 24 weeks duration for Diploma in Co-operation, Special Course for employees of Urban Co-operative Banks, District Co-operative Banks and Market Class, and also seminars. The assessee also conducts Co-operative Education Programme, Consumer Education Programmes (Project), Women Co-operative Education Programme, Special Training Classes in the District under Co-operative Education and Industrial Projects of the nature and duration as mentioned in detail in the said list of activities. It is not suggested that the assessee-Co-operative Union is doing any activity other than those enumerated in the said list.

5. From the nature of the activities of the assessee, it is abundantly clear to us that the assessee is existing solely for educational purposes. It was sought to be contended by learned counsel for the Revenue that having regard to the objects enumerated in clauses (iii), (iv), (vi) and (viii) of bye-law 2 of the bye-laws of the assessee, it cannot be said that the assessee was existing solely for educational purposes. In clause (iii) of bye-law 2, the object enumerated is that the assessee will function as a focusing centre on non-official opinion on various subjects affecting the movement and for representing it in proper quarters. Under clause (iv), its object is to further the spread of the co-operative movement. Clause (vi) refers to the objects of opening circulating libraries, publishing periodicals, books, pamphlets, and literature in general on co-operation, rural development and allied subjects, while clause (viii) refers to running of a printing press. It is difficult to accept the contention of the Revenue that these clauses indicate any object other than educational for which the assessee seems to have been established. On totality of the objects enumerated in bye-law 2, it is clear to us that the assessee-Co-operative Union is existing solely for educational purposes and even the objects which are enumerated in clauses (iii), (iv), (vi) and (viii) are referable to such purposes. It will not be open to read any of these clauses in isolation torn of its context for the purposes of urging that the assessee is not existing solely for educational purposes as envisaged under section 10(22) of the Act. It is obvious that the objects of functioning as a focusing centre on non-official opinion on various subjects affecting the movement and for representing it is proper quarters, promoting the study of problems connected with co-operation and carrying on research in the same and of opening circulating libraries, publishing periodicals, books, pamphlets and literature are connected with educational purposes for which the assessee-Co-operative Union is established. The object of running a printing press as enumerated in clause (viii) has to be read in the context of the object of publishing periodicals, books, pamphlets and literature. Therefore, so read, it becomes part of the educational activities of the assessee-Co-operative Union. The subsidiary objects such as printing and publishing books and literature on the relevant subjects are, in our judgment, ancillary and do not detract from its exclusively educational character. The question whether an educational institution whether an educational institution is existing solely for educational purposes or not can also be resolved with reference to the activities actually carried on by it and as noted above, the list of activities of the assessee clearly indicates that it is existing solely for educational purposes. It cannot be doubted that the assessee was a society for diffusion of a certain branch of knowledge, namely, knowledge of the co-operative movement in various fields governing human life and the activities for the purpose were carried out in an organised and systematic manner by conducting regular courses for imparting instruction and training on various subjects included in the curricula as is reflected from the list of its activities. There is no dispute about the fact that the assessee-Co-operative Union is given financial assistance by the Government. The resolutions of the Government dated February 15, 1968, and December 10, 1982 (mentioned in para 8 of the order of the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals)) clearly indicate that the grants sanctioned by the Government are for educational purposes. The Government had sanctioned Rs. 15 lakhs for the year 1982-83 which appears to have been raised to Rs. 20 lakhs from the year 1988-89. We are fully satisfied from the nature of the activities of the assessee-Co-operative Union and its objects that the assessee is existing exclusively for educational purposes and not for the purposes of profit. The assessee was publishing two journals : (1) "Sahakar", a weekly journal having a circulation of 6,700 copies, and (2) "Gram Swaraj", a monthly magazine having a circulation of 7,150 copies. Both these journals were published in connection with the activities of the assessee and on the subject of co-operative movement. The assessee was also having an audio-visual unit for exhibiting films on the co-operative movement to educate the masses. It also appears that the assessee maintained a rich library on the subject of co-operation. As noticed above, from the objects of the assessee, it is conducting training centres and colleges for various courses having a bearing on the field of co-operative movement. It appears to us that the decision of the Tribunal which seeks to rest it on the observations made by the Supreme Court in Loka Shikshana Trust's case [1975] 101 ITR 234, for holding that, the assessee is not entitled to exemption under section 10(22) of the Act is based on a complete misreading of the observations of the Supreme Court. In Loka Shikshana Trust's case [1975] 101 ITR 234, the Supreme Court, while dealing with the provisions of section 11 read with section 2(15) of the Act which defines "charitable purpose" observed as under (at page 241) :

"The sense in which the word 'education' has been used in section 2(15) in the systematic instruction, schooling or training given to the young is preparation for the work of life. It also connotes the whole course of scholastic instruction which a person has received. The word 'education' has not been used in that wide and extended sense, according to which every acquisition of further knowledge constitutes education. According to this wide and extended sense, travelling is education, because as a result of travelling you acquire fresh knowledge...... But that is not the sense in which the word 'education' is used in clause (15) of section 2. What 'education' connotes in that clause is the process of training and developing the knowledge, skill, mind and character of students by normal schooling."

6. The Supreme Court, in the above observations, by referring to the systematic instruction, schooling or training given to the young has only cited an instance in order to indicate as to what the word 'education' appearing in section 2(15) of the Act which defines "charitable purposes" is intended to mean. We are certain that these observations were not intended to keep out of the meaning of the word "education", persons other than "young". The expression "schooling" also means "that schools, instructs or educates" (The Oxford English Dictionary, Vol. IX, page 217). The Supreme Court has observed that the word "education" also connotes the whole course of scholastic instruction which a person has received. This clearly indicates that the observations of the Supreme Court were not intended to give a narrow or pedantic sense to the word "education". By giving further illustrations of a traveller gaining knowledge, victims of swindlers and thieves becoming wiser, the visitors to night clubs adding to their knowledge the hidden mysteries of life, the supreme Court has indicated that the word "education" is not used in a loose sense so as to include acquisition of even such knowledge. The observations of the Supreme Court only indicate the proper confines of the word "education" in the context of the provisions of section 2(15) of the Act. It will not be proper to construe these observations in a manner in which they are construed by the Tribunal when it infers from these observations, in para 17 of its judgment, that the word "education" is limited to schools, colleges and similar institutions and does not extend to any other media for such acquisition of knowledge. The observations of the Supreme Court do not confine the word "education" only to scholastic instructions but other forms of education also are included in the word "education". As noticed above, the word "schooling" also means instructing or educating. It, therefore, cannot be said that the word "education" has been given an unduly restricted meaning by the Supreme Court in the said decision. Though, in the context of the provisions of section 10(22), the concept of education need not be given any wide or extended meaning, it surely would encompass systematic dissemination of knowledge and training in specialised subjects as is done by the assessee. The changing times and the ever widening horizons of knowledge may bring in changes in the methodology of teaching a shift for the better in the institution set up. Advancement of knowledge brings within its fold suitable methods of its dissemination and though the primary methods of sitting in classroom may remain ideal for most of the initial education, it may become necessary to have a different outlook for further education. It is not necessary to nail down the concept of education to a particular formula or to flow it only through a defined channel. Its progress lies in the acceptance of new ideas and development of appropriate means to reach them to the recipients.

7. Even if it were to be held that the observations of the Supreme Court would apply only to the schools, colleges and similar institutions as held by the Tribunal, we are satisfied from the nature of the activities of the assessee-Co-operative Union of running colleges and training centres for various courses for the purposes of imparting training and/or awarding diplomas and certificates, that the assessee is an educational institution existing solely for educational purposes and not for the purposes of profit.

8. The question before the Supreme Court, in the above case was as to whether exemption under section 11 read with section 2(15) of the Act could be given to a trust which was at the relevant time publishing newspapers and journals. Section 11(a) applies to income derived from property held under trust wholly for charitable or religious purpose while section 10(22) covers any income of a university or other educational institution existing solely for educational purposes and not for purposes of profit. The exemption incorporated in section 11(a) is only in respect of the extent to which the income derived from the property is applied for charitable purpose which includes educational charity. If the income is only accumulated or set apart for such purpose, the exemption is limited to the extent of 25 per cent. of the income of the property held under such trust. The exemption under section 10(22), on the other hand, is without any such limitation. The language of section 10(22) emphasizes that the sole purpose of the existence of the institution should be educational. The very provision of exemption under section 10(22) indicates that the income of such institutions is contemplated. Therefore, mere existence of profit will not disqualify the institution if the sole purpose of its existence is not profit-making but is educational activity. Incidental activities connected with the educational purposes for which the institution exists which result in income will not disqualify the institution, for section 10(22), by its very nature, contemplates income of such institutions which is to be exempted under that provision. It is, therefore, difficult to accept the contention canvassed on behalf of the Revenue by the learned advocate, Mr. Shelat, that because the assessee was having income from its properties, it was not qualified to get exemption under section 10(22) of the Act.

9. Learned counsel for the Revenue, relied upon the decision of the Rajasthan High Court in CIT v. Maharaja Sawai Mansinghji Museum Trust [1988] 169 ITR 379, in support of his contention that the assessee should not be treated as an educational institution. It will be seen from the said decision that the assessee was a public charitable trust having a museum in a portion of the City Palace, Jaipur, for the benefit of the public. Some properties were settled on the trust and it was treated and accepted as a trust for charitable purposes within the meaning of section 2(15) and had enjoyed the exemption from tax under section 11 of the said Act. The assessee later on contended that it was an educational institution within the meaning of section 10(22) of the Act. It is in this context that, drawing upon the observations of the Supreme Court in Loka Shikshana Trust's case [1975] 101 ITR 234, in which the Supreme Court indicated that the word "education" was not used in a wide or extended sense so as to include addition to the knowledge of a visitor to a zoo or a museum, the High Court held that the museum cannot be taken to be an educational institution existing solely for education purposes. The said decision, therefore, cannot held the Revenue. Since, in the present case, we have found that the assessee, having regard to its objects and nature of its activities, is clearly an educational institution existing solely for educational purposes, the decision of the Madras High Court in Rao Bahadur A. K. D. Dharmaraja Education Charity Trust v. CIT [1990] 182 ITR 80, also cannot help the Revenue because it was found in that case that only a very small amount was spent for educational purposes by the assessee which was a public charitable trust leaving a huge surplus for other charitable purposes and, therefore, it was held that it could not be said that the institution was existing solely for educational purposes in order to attract section 10(22) of the Act. It was found that the said trust was carrying on the business of leasing a cinema theatre out of the income for which a small portion was spent for maintaining an educational institution while a larger portion was spent for other charitable purposes.

10. In view of the above discussion, we hold that the Tribunal was not right in law in holding that the assessee was not entitled to exemption from tax under section 10(22) of the Act for the assessment years 1972-73 to 1977-78 and answer the question in the negative and against the Revenue.

11. The reference stands disposed of, accordingly, with no order as to costs.

Gujarat State Co-Operative Union v. Commissioner Of Income-Tax.

Structured Summary of the Opinion — Gujarat State Co-operative Union

Factual and Procedural Background

Legal Issues Presented

Arguments of the Parties

Appellant (Assessee) — Mr. K. H. Kaji

Respondent (Revenue) — Mr. Shelat

Table of Precedents Cited

Court's Reasoning and Analysis

Holding and Implications

Gujarat State Co-Operative Union v. Commissioner Of Income-Tax.

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