I.T.A. NO.106/AGRA/2014 ASSESSMENT YEAR 2008-09 PAGE 1 OF 2 IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL AGRA BENCH, SMC, AGRA [CORAM: PRAMOD KUMAR AM] ITA NO.106/AGRA/2014 ASSESSMENT YEAR: 2008-09 KAILASH NARAYAN DUBEY, ................... ....APPELLANT GRAM KASAD, P.O. KASAD, DISTT. BHIND (M.P.) [PAN: AFOPD 4257 P] VS. INCOME TAX OFFICER, ......RESPONDE NT WARD 2(1), GWALIOR. APPEARANCES BY: NONE, FOR THE APPELLANT AMIT SHUKLA, FOR THE RESPONDENT DATE OF CONCLUDING THE HEARING : 19 TH JUNE, 2015 DATE OF PRONOUNCING THE ORDER : 24 TH JUNE, 2015 O R D E R 1. BY WAY OF THIS APPEAL, THE ASSESSEE APPELLANT HA S CHALLENGED CORRECTNESS OF THE CIT(A)S ORDER DATED 18 TH FEBRUARY, 2014, IN THE MATTER OF ASSESSMENT UNDER SECTION 143(3) OF THE INCOME TAX ACT, 1961 (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE ACT) , FOR THE ASSESSMENT YEAR 2008-09. 2. THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT TO THE ASSESSEE B Y REGISTERED POST AS PER THE ADDRESS GIVEN IN COLUMN NO.10 OF FORM NO.36. HOWEV ER, AT THE TIME OF HEARING NONE APPEARED ON BEHALF OF THE ASSESSEE NOR ANY APPLICAT ION FOR ADJOURNMENT HAS BEEN FILED. FROM THIS, IT IS REASONABLE TO INFER THAT THE ASSES SEE IS NOT SERIOUS TO PURSUE ITS CASE. HONBLE SUPREME COURT IN THE CASE OF CIT VS. B.N. B HATTACHARGEE AND ANOTHER, 118 ITR 461(SC) OBSERVED THAT PREFERRING AN APPEAL MEANS EF FECTIVELY PURSUING IT. HONBLE M.P. HIGH COURT IN THE CASE OF ESTATE OF LATE TUKOJIRAO HOLKAR VS. CWT, 223 ITR 480(M.P.) I.T.A. NO.106/AGRA/2014 ASSESSMENT YEAR 2008-09 PAGE 2 OF 2 DISMISSED THE REFERENCE FILED BY THE ASSESSEE FOR N OT TAKING NECESSARY STEPS. SIMILAR VIEW IS TAKEN BY I.T.A.T., DELHI BENCH IN THE CASE OF MULTIPLAN INDIA LTD., 38 ITD 320. CONSIDERING THE ABOVE, IT APPEARS THAT THE ASSESSEE IS NOT INTERESTED IN PROSECUTING ITS APPEAL. WE, THEREFORE, DISMISS THE APPEAL FILED BY THE ASSESSEE FOR NON-PROSECUTION. 5. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL IS DISMISSED. PRONOUNC ED IN THE OPEN COURT TODAY ON 24 TH JUNE, 2015. SD/- PRAMOD KUMAR (ACCOUNTAN T MEMBER) AGRA, THE 24 TH JUNE, 2015 PBN/* COPIES TO: (1) THE APPELLANT (2) THE RESPONDENT (3) CIT(A) CONCERNED (4) CIT CONCERNED (5) DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVE (6) GUARD FILE BY ORDER ASSISTANT REGISTRAR INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL AGRA BENCH, AGRA