IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL VISAKHAPATNAM BENCH, VISAKHAPATNAM BEFORE SHRI V. DURGA RAO, HONBLE JUDICIAL MEMBER & SHRI G. MANJUNATHA, HONBLE ACCOUNTANT MEMBER ITA NOS. 180 & 181/VIZ/2015 (ASST. YEARS : 2008-09 & 2009-10) M/S. SITA REDDY & SUBRAHMANYAM, D.NO. 3-727/1, HUKUMPET, RAJAHMUNDRY RURAL. V. ITO, WARD-3, RAJAHMUNDRY. PAN NO. ABKFS 5788 A (APPELLANT) (RESPONDENT) ASSESSEE BY : SHRI C. SUBRAHMANYAM FCA. DEPARTMENT BY : SHRI T.S.N. MURTHY CIT DR DATE OF HEARING : 05/06/2017. DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT : 05/06/2017. O R D E R PER V. DURGA RAO, JUDICIAL MEMBER THESE ARE THE APPEALS FILED BY THE SAME ASSESSEE AGAINST SEPARATE ORDERS OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, RAJAHMUNDRY, DATED 12/03/2013 & 20/03/2014 FOR THE ASSESSMENT YEARS 2008-09 & 2009-10 RESPECTIVELY. 2. WHEN THESE APPEALS ARE TAKEN UP FOR HEARING, WE FIND THAT THERE IS AN INORDINATE DELAY IN ITA NO. 180/VIZ/2015 OF 730 DAYS AND IN ITA NO. 181/VIZ/2015 OF 328 DAYS. THE ASSESSEE NEITHER FILED AN AFFIDAVIT NOR EXPLAINED ANY REASONS FOR DELAY. WE, THEREFORE, DISMISS THESE APPEALS IN LIMINI. 2 ITA NOS.180 & 181/VIZ/2015 (M/S. SITA REDDY & SUBRAHMANYAM) 3 . IN THE RESULT, BOTH APPEALS FILED BY THE ASSESSEE ARE DISMISSED. ORDER PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON THIS 05 TH DAY OF JUNE, 2017. SD/- SD/- (G. MANJUNATHA) (V. DURGA RAO) ACCOUNTANT MEMBER JUDICIAL MEMBER DATED : 05 TH JUNE, 2017. VR/- COPY TO: 1. THE ASSESSEE - M/S. SITA REDDY & SUBRAHMANYAM, D.NO. 3-727/1, HUKUMPET, RAJAHMUNDRY RURAL. 2. THE REVENUE- ITO, WARD-3, RAJAHMUNDRY. 3. THE CIT, RAJAHMUNDRY. 4. THE D.R., VISAKHAPATNAM. 5. GUARD FILE. BY ORDER