, , IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL D BENCH : CHENNAI . . . , . !' , # $ % [ BEFORE SHRI N.R.S. GANESAN, JUDICIAL MEMBER AND SHRI A. MOHAN ALANKAMONY, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER ] ./ I.T.A.NO.1182/MDS/2013 / ASSESSMENT YEAR : 2003-04 THE DY. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME-TAX CENTRAL CIRCLE II(4) CHENNAI VS. SHRI Y.V SUBRAMANIAN NO.25, SIVAJI STREET T.NAGAR, CHENNAI 600 021 [PAN AASPS 4780 P ] ( &' / APPELLANT) ( ()&' /RESPONDENT) / APPELLANT BY : SHRI GURU BASHYAM, JCIT /RESPONDENT BY : SHRI R. UMASUDHAN, CA / DATE OF HEARING : 21 - 01 - 2016 ! / DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT : 21 - 01 - 2016 / O R D E R PER N.R.S.GANESAN, JUDICIAL MEMBER THIS APPEAL OF THE REVENUE IS DIRECTED AGAINST THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INCOME-TAX (APPEALS)-I, CHENNA I, DATED 11.2.2013 AND PERTAINS TO ASSESSMENT YEAR 2003-04 . 2. ON HEARING THE LD. DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVE, WE FIND THAT THE TAX EFFECT IN THESE APPEALS IS LESS THAN ` 10 LAKHS. THE CBDT IN CIRCULAR NO.21/2015 DATED 10.12.2015 INCREASED T HE MONETARY LIMIT ITA NO.1182/13 :- 2 -: FOR FILING APPEAL BEFORE THIS TRIBUNAL FROM ` 4 LAKHS TO ` 10 LAKHS. THE CBDT FURTHER CLARIFIED THAT THE INSTRUCTION DATED 1 0.12.2015 WILL APPLY RETROSPECTIVELY TO ALL THE PENDING APPEALS BEFORE T HIS TRIBUNAL. THE CBDT HAS ALSO INSTRUCTED ITS OFFICERS TO WITHDRAW T HE APPEALS PENDING BEFORE THIS TRIBUNAL. IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE, THIS TRIBUNAL IS OF THE CONSIDERED OPINION THAT THE CIRCULAR ISSUED BY THE CBDT ON 10.12.2015 IS BINDING ON THE DEPARTMENT. THEREFORE, THE APPEA L FILED BY THE REVENUE IS NOT MAINTAINABLE. ACCORDINGLY, THE APPE AL OF THE REVENUE IS DISMISSED. 3. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL OF THE REVENUE IS DISMI SSED. ORDER PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT AT THE TIME OF H EARING ON 21 ST JANUARY, 2016, AT CHENNAI. SD/- SD/- ( . !' ) (A. MOHAN ALANKAMONY) # / ACCOUNTANT MEMBER ( . . . ' ) (N.R.S. GANESAN) / JUDICIAL MEMBER #$ / CHENNAI %& / DATED: 21 ST JANUARY, 2016 RD &' ()*) / COPY TO: 1 . / APPELLANT 4. + / CIT 2. / RESPONDENT 5. ),- . / DR 3. +/' / CIT(A) 6. -01 / GF