(1.) THE Tribunal has referred the following question to this Court under S. 256(1) of the IT Act, 1961 :
(2.) THE short facts leading to the making of this reference are as under :
(3.) IN this view of the matter, the question involved here is directly covered by the judgment of the Supreme Court in CIT vs. B. C. Srinivasa Setty (1981) 21 CTR (SC) : (1981) 128 ITR 294 (SC).