(1.) THE following question of law has been referred to this Court by the Tribunal under S. 256(1) of the IT Act, 1961 ('the Act') :
(2.) THE assessment year involved in this reference is the asst. yr. 1977-78, for which the relevant period of account is the period ending on 31st Dec., 1976.
(3.) SO , it is clear that this question was considered by the AAC and such, on this point there was a question of merger.