IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL B BENCH : BANGALORE BEFORE SHRI CHANDRA POOJARI, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER AND SMT. BEENA PILLAI , JUDICIAL MEMBER IT A NO. 1 260 /BANG/201 6 ASSESSMENT YEAR: 20 08 - 09 MR. CHAND BASHA, OPP. VINAYAKA PARK BASAVANAGUDI MAIN ROAD, OFF B H ROAD, SHIMOGA. P AN: ABDPB 4174 E VS. THE ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, SHIMOGA RANGE, SHIMOGA. APPELLANT RESPONDENT APPELLANT BY : NONE RESPONDENT BY : SHRI PRIYADARSHI MISHRA , ADD L.CIT(DR )(ITAT), BENGALURU. DATE OF HEARING : 05.10 .202 1 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT : 05 . 1 0 .202 1 O R D E R PER CHANDRA POOJARI, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER THIS APPEAL BY THE ASSESSEE IS DIRECTED AGAINST THE ORDER DATED 31.03.2016 OF THE CIT(APPEALS), DAVANGERE RELATING TO ASSESSMENT YEAR 2008-09. 2. NONE APPEARED AT THE TIME OF HEARING OF THE APPE AL. HOWEVER, WE FIND THAT THE LD. COUNSEL FOR THE ASSESSEE HAS FILE D A MEMO FOR WITHDRAWAL OF THE APPEAL ON THE GROUND THAT THE ASSESSEE HAS OPTE D FOR VIVAD SE VISHWAS SCHEME ACT (VSVS), 2020 BY FILING THE NECES SARY APPLICATIONS AND FORM 3 BY THE DESIGNATED AUTHORITY IS ALSO ISSU ED. ACCORDINGLY, THE APPEAL IS DISMISSED AS WITHDRAWN. ITA NO. 1260/BANG/2016 PAGE 2 OF 2 3. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL IS DISMISSED AS WIT HDRAWN. PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON THIS 5 TH OCTOBER, 2021. SD/- SD/- ( BEENA PILLAI ) ( CHANDRA POOJARI ) JUDICIAL MEMBER ACCOUNTANT MEMBER BANGALORE, DATED, THE 5 TH OCTOBER, 2021. / DESAI S MURTHY / COPY TO: 1. APPELLANT 2. RESPONDENT 3. CIT 4. CIT(A) 5. DR, ITAT, BANGALORE. BY ORDER ASSISTANT REGISTRAR ITAT, BANGALORE.