, IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL A BENCH, AHMEDABAD BEFORE SHRI N.K. BILLAIYA, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER AND SHRI MAHAVIR PRASAD, JUDICIAL MEMBER !# I.T.A. NO. 1597/AHD/2013 ( / ASSESSMENT YEAR : 2009-10) BHARATBHAI KANTILAL SHETH, 3 RD FLOOR, PUSHPAM BUNGLOW, ST. XAVIERS COLLEGE CORNER, NAVRANGPURA, AHMEDABAD 380009. # VS. INCOME TAX OFFICER, WARD -10(3), AHMEDABAD. $ # % & # PAN/GIR NO. : ADRPS 3111 N ( !$' / APPELLANT ) .. ( ($' # RESPONDENT ) !$') # APPELLANT BY : --NONE-- ($'*) / RESPONDENT BY : SHRI RAJ DEEP SINGH, SR.D.R. + ,*-. / DATE OF HEARING 30/08/2017 /012*-. / DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT 30/08/2017 3# O R D E R PER SHRI MAHAVIR PRASAD, JUDICIAL MEMBER : THIS IS AN APPEAL BY THE ASSESSEE AGAINST THE OR DER OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX(APPEALS)-XVI, AHMEDABAD, DATED MARCH, 19 TH 2013 FOR THE ASSESSMENT YEAR (AY) 2009-10. 2. NONE APPEARED ON BEHALF OF THE ASSESSEE. THE NOT ICE OF HEARING WAS SENT TO THE ASSESSEE BY REGISTERED POST AS PER THE ADDRESS GIVEN IN ITA NO. 1597/AH D/2013 BHARATBHAI KANTILAL SHAH VS. ITO ASST.YEAR 2009-10 - 2 - COLUMN NO.10 OF FORM NO.36, WHICH HAS COME BACK UN- SERVED WITH THE POSTAL REMARK LEFT. NO INFORMATION REGARDING CHAN GE OF ADDRESS IS AVAILABLE ON RECORD. FROM THIS, IT IS REASONABLE TO INFER THAT THE ASSESSEE IS NOT SERIOUS TO PURSUE ITS CASE. HONBLE SUPREME COU RT IN THE CASE OF CIT VS. B. N. BHATTACHARGEE AND ANOTHER, 118 ITR 461(SC ) OBSERVED THAT PREFERRING AN APPEAL MEANS EFFECTIVELY PURSUING IT. HONBLE M.P. HIGH COURT IN THE CASE OF ESTATE OF LATE TUKOJIRAO HOLKA R VS. CWT, 223 ITR 480(M.P.) DISMISSED THE REFERENCE FILED BY THE ASSE SSEE FOR NOT TAKING NECESSARY STEPS. SIMILAR VIEW IS TAKEN BY I.T.A.T., DELHI BENCH IN THE CASE OF MULTIPLAN INDIA LTD., 38 ITD 320. CONSIDER ING THE ABOVE, IT APPEARS THAT THE ASSESSEE IS NOT INTERESTED IN PROS ECUTING ITS APPEAL. WE, THEREFORE, DISMISS THE APPEAL FILED BY THE ASSESSEE FOR NON-PROSECUTION. 3. IN THE RESULT, APPEAL FILED BY THE ASSESSEE IS D ISMISSED. THIS ORDER PRONOUNCED IN OPEN COURT ON 30 / 0 8 /201 7 SD/- SD/- ( ) 4 5 ( N.K. BILLAIYA ) ( MAHAVIR PRASAD ) ACCOUNTANT MEMBER JUDICIAL MEMBER AHMEDABAD; DATED 30/08/2017 PRITI YADAV, SR. PS ITA NO. 1597/AH D/2013 BHARATBHAI KANTILAL SHAH VS. ITO ASST.YEAR 2009-10 - 3 - !'#$ %$' # COPY OF THE ORDER FORWARDED TO : 1. !$' / THE APPELLANT 2. ($' / THE RESPONDENT. 3. 67- + 8- / CONCERNED CIT 4. + 8- 4!5 / THE CIT(A)-XVI, AHMEDABAD. 5. 9:;-67 !.!672 ! / DR, ITAT, AHMEDABAD 6. ;<=, # GUARD FILE. & ' / BY ORDER, (9-- //TRUE COPY// (/' )* ( DY./ASSTT.REGISTRAR) , / ITAT, AHMEDABAD TRUE COPY 1. DATE OF DICTATION ..30/08/2017 (COVERED CASE) 2. DATE ON WHICH THE TYPED DRAFT IS PLACED BEFORE THE DICTATING MEMBER 30/08/2017 3. OTHER MEMBER 4. DATE ON WHICH THE APPROVED DRAFT COMES TO THE SR.P. S./P.S.. 5. DATE ON WHICH THE FAIR ORDER IS PLACED BEFORE THE D ICTATING MEMBER FOR PRONOUNCEMENT 6. DATE ON WHICH THE FAIR ORDER COMES BACK TO THE SR.P .S./P.S. 7. DATE ON WHICH THE FILE GOES TO THE BENCH CLERK 8. DATE ON WHICH THE FILE GOES TO THE HEAD CLERK ... 9. THE DATE ON WHICH THE FILE GOES TO THE ASSISTANT RE GISTRAR FOR SIGNATURE ON THE ORDER.. 10. DATE OF DESPATCH OF THE ORDER