M/s Blue Bird Hotels Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi V. DCIT, New Delhi

ITA 135/DEL/2016

• Counselvise Citation: [2017] 127 COUNSELVISE.COM (IT) 4431 (ITAT-DELHI)
• Duration Of Justice: 1 year(s) 8 month(s) 15 day(s)
• Appeal Type: Income Tax Appeal
• Pronouncement Date: 27-09-2017
• Appeal Filed By: Assessee
• Order Result: Dismissed
• Bench Allotted: E
• Assessment Year: 2011-2012
• Appeal Filed On: 11-01-2016
• Result in Favour of: Revenue
• Court: TRIBUNAL
• Assessee Lawyers: N O N E

Judgement Text

1 I. T. APPEAL NO. 135/DEL/2016 ASSESSMENT YEAR : 201112. IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL [ DELHI BENCHES: E NEW DELHI ] BEFORE SHRI BHAVNESH SAINI, JUDICIAL MEMBER AND SHRI L. P. SAHU, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER. I. T. APPEAL NO. 135/DEL/2016 ASSESSMENT YEAR : 201112. M/S. BLUE BIRD HOTELS PVT. LTD., DEPUTY COMMISSIONER 106 BABAR ROAD, VS. OF INCOME TAX, N E W D E L H I 110 001. CIRCLE : 3 (1), N E W D E L H I. PAN : AACCB 6766 B (APPELLANT) (RESPONDENT) ASSESSEE BY : N O N E; DEPARTMENT BY : MS. RAKHI VIMAL, SR. D. R.; DATE OF HEARING : 27.09.2017 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT : 27.09.2017 O R D E R . PER BHAVNESH SAINI, J. M. : THIS APPEAL BY THE ASSESSEE HAS BEEN DIRECTED AGAINST THE ORDER OF THE LD. CIT (APPEALS)2, NEW DELHI, DATED 21 ST OCTOBER, 2015 FOR THE ASSESSMENT YEAR 2011-12, CHALLENGING THE LEVY OF PENALTY UNDER SECTION 271(1)(C) OF THE INCOME TAX ACT, 1961. 2. THE ASSESSEE HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THE DATE OF HEARING THROUGH REGISTERED POST. HOWEVER, NONE APPEARED ON BEHALF OF THE ASSESSEE, DESPITE SERVICE OF THE NOTICE. IT, THEREFORE, APPEARS THAT THE ASSESSEE IS 2 I. T. APPEAL NO. 135/DEL/2016 ASSESSMENT YEAR : 201112. NO MORE INTERESTED IN PROSECUTING THE APPEAL. THEREFORE, THE APPEAL OF THE ASSESSEE IS LIABLE TO BE DISMISSED. 3. CONSIDERING THE FACTS OF THE CASE AND KEEPING IN VIEW THE PROVISIONS OF RULE 19(2) OF THE INCOME-TAX (APPELLATE TRIBUNAL) RULES, 1963 AS WERE CONSIDERED IN THE CASE OF CIT VS. MULTIPLAN INDIA LTD., (38 ITD 320)(DEL), THE ASSESSEES APPEAL IS LIABLE TO BE DISMISSED FOR WANT OF PROSECUTION. 4. THE HON'BLE MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT IN THE CASE OF ESTATE OF LATE TUKOJIRAO HOLKAR VS. CWT (223 ITR 480) HAS HELD AS UNDER :- 'IF THE PARTY, AT WHOSE INSTANCE THE REFERENCE IS MADE, FAILS 'TO APPEAR AT THE HEARING, OR FAILS IN TAKING STEPS FOR PREPARATION OF THE PAPER BOOKS SO AS TO ENABLE HEARING OF THE REFERENCE, THE COURT IS NOT BOUND TO ANSWER THE REFERENCE. ' 5. SIMILARLY, HON'BLE PUNJAB & HARYANA HIGH COURT IN THE CASE OF NEW DIWAN OIL MILLS VS. CIT (2008) 296 ITR 495) RETURNED THE REFERENCE UNANSWERED SINCE THE ASSESSEE REMAINED ABSENT AND THERE WAS NOT ANY ASSISTANCE FROM THE ASSESSEE. 3 I. T. APPEAL NO. 135/DEL/2016 ASSESSMENT YEAR : 201112. 6. THEIR LORDSHIPS OF HON'BLE SUPREME COURT IN THE CASE OF CIT VS. B. BHATTACHARGEE & ANOTHER (118 ITR 461 AT PAGE 477-478) HELD THAT THE APPEAL DOES NOT MEAN, MERE FILING OF THE MEMO OF APPEAL, BUT EFFECTIVELY PURSUING THE SAME. 7. RESPECTFULLY FOLLOWING THE VIEW TAKEN IN THE CASES CITED SUPRA, WE DISMISS THE ABOVE APPEAL FOR NON-PROSECUTION. BEFORE PARTING, WE ADD THAT IN CASE THE ASSESSEE IS SERIOUS IN PURSUING THE APPEAL FILED, THEN IT WOULD BE AT LIBERTY TO PRAY FOR A RECALL OF THIS ORDER BY MOVING AN APPROPRIATE APPLICATION. 8. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL OF THE ASSESSEE IS DISMISSED, FOR NON-PROSECUTION. 9 THE ORDER IS PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE HEARING ON : 27 TH SEPTEMBER, 2017. SD/- SD/- ( L. P. SAHU ) (BHAVNESH SAINI) ACCOUNTANT MEMBER JUDICIAL MEMBER DATED : THE 27 TH SEPTEMBER, 2017. *MEHTA* 4 I. T. APPEAL NO. 135/DEL/2016 ASSESSMENT YEAR : 201112. COPY OF THE ORDER FORWARDED TO :- 1. APPELLANT; 2. RESPONDENT; 3. CIT; 4. CIT (APPEALS); 5. DR, ITAT, ND. BY ORDER ASSISTANT REGISTRAR DATE DRAFT DICTATED ON 27.09.2017 DRAFT PLACED BEFORE AUTHOR 27.09.2017 DRAFT PROPOSED & PLACED BEFORE THE SECOND MEMBER 27.09.2017 DRAFT DISCUSSED/APPROVED BY SECOND MEMBER. 27.09.2017 APPROVED DRAFT COMES TO THE SR.PS/PS 27.09.2017 KEPT FOR PRONOUNCEMENT ON 28.09.2017 FILE SENT TO THE BENCH CLERK 28.09.2017 DATE ON WHICH FILE GOES TO THE AR DATE ON WHICH FILE GOES TO THE HEAD CLERK. DATE OF DISPATCH OF ORDER. 5 I. T. APPEAL NO. 135/DEL/2016 ASSESSMENT YEAR : 201112.