IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL HYDERABAD SMC BENCH : HYDERABAD (THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENC E ) BEFORE SMT. P. MADHAVI DEVI, JUDICIAL MEMBER ITA NO. 1 244 /HYD./201 8 ASSESSMENT YEAR: 20 15 - 16 MRS. LAKSHMI SHANKAR GUMUDAVELLI VS. ITO HYDERABAD WARD 17 ( 4 ), HYDERABAD PAN: AAPPG6517R (APPELLANT) (RESPONDENT) FOR ASSESSEE : SH. P . VINOD, ADV. FOR REVENUE : SH. SUNIL KUMAR PANDEY, D.R. DATE OF HEARING : 0 9 / 12 /2020 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT : 11 / 12 /2020 O R D E R THIS IS ASSESSEES APPEAL FILED AGAINST THE ORDER OF CIT(A) - 5 , HYDERABAD DATED 17.05.2018 RELATING TO A.Y. 20 15 - 16 PASSED U/S 143(3) OF THE INCOME TAX ACT, 1961. THIS APPEAL WAS TAKEN UP FOR HEARING THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCE ON 0 9 .12.2020 AND BOTH THE PARTIES WERE HEARD. 2. THE LD.AR FOR THE ASSESSEE HAS SUBMITTED WITHDRAWAL APPLICATION DATED 03.12.2020 STATING THAT THE ASSESSEE HAS OPTED TO SETTLE THE DISPUTE RELATING TO THE T AX ARREARS FOR THE A.Y. UNDER CONSIDERATION UNDER VIVAD SE VISHWAS SCHEME, 2020 . HE FURTHER SUBMITTED THAT AN APPLICATION TO THIS EFFECT HAS BEEN FILED BY THE ASSESSEE AND THAT THE ASSESSEE HAS ALSO RECEIVED FORM - 3. 3. THE LD.DR HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE SAME. ITA NO. 1244 /HYD./201 8 LAKSHMI SHANKAR GUMUDAVELLI AY 20 15 - 16 2 4. IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE, WE ACCEPT THE REQUEST OF THE ASSESSEE FOR WITHDRAWAL OF THE APPEAL AS PR.CIT - 2 HAS ISSUED FORM - 3. 5. HOWEVER, THE AFORESAID IS SUBJECT TO A CAVEAT THAT IN CASE THE DISPUTE RELATING TO TAX ARREARS FOR THE CAPTIONED A. Y. IS NOT ULTIMATELY RESOLVED IN TERMS OF THE AFORE - STATED ACT, THE APPELLANT (I.E. THE ASSESSEE) IS AT LIBERTY TO APPROACH THE TRIBUNAL FOR REINSTITUTION OF THE APPEAL AND THE TRIBUNAL SHALL CONSIDER SUCH APPLICATION APPROPRIATE AS PER LAW. THE LD.DR FOR THE REVENUE HAS NO OBJECTION WITH REGARD TO THE AFORESAID CAVEAT. 6. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL OF THE ASSESSEE IS DISMISSED AS WITHDRAWN. ORDER PRONOUNCED IN OPEN COURT ON 11 /12/ 2020. SD/ - (P. MADHAVI DEVI) JUDICIAL MEMBER DATED: 11 TH DECEMBER, 2020 GMV COPY OF ORDER FORWARDED TO: 1. MRS. LAKSHMI SHANKAR GUMUDAVELLI, H.NO.8 - 2 - 293/12 - 1, SRI VILASH, ROAD NO.14, BANJARA HILLS, HYDERABAD 500 0 33 . 2. ITO, WARD 17 ( 4 ), HYDERABAD . 3. ACIT, RANGE 17, HYDERABAD 4. CIT( A ) - 5 , HYDERABAD. 5 . PR.CIT - 5 , HYDERABAD 6 D.R. ITAT HYDERABAD 7 . GUARD FILE