(1.) THE question referred to us by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, "the Tribunal" for short, under Section 256(1) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, "the Act" for short, as fashioned by the Tribunal reads:
(2.) SHORTLY put, the necessary facts, leading up to the present reference by the Tribunal, are:
(3.) AS the point referred relates to a true and proper construction of Section 32 of the Act the relevant extracts of the provisions are quoted: