IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL SMC BENCH, AHMEDABAD BEFORE SHRI R.P. TOLANI, JUDICIAL MEMBER ./ ITA NO. 1815/AHD/2013 / ASSESSMENT YEAR : 2007-08 SURESHBHAI MOHANBHAI PATEL, 54, SHREENATHJI BUNGLOWS, HARNI AIRPORT ROAD, VADODARA PAN : ADLPP 3942 L VS THE INCOME-TAX OFFICER, WARD-4, BHARUCH / (APPELLANT) / (RESPONDENT) ASSESSEE BY : NONE REVENUE BY : G.C. DAXINI, SR DR / DATE OF HEARING : 05/12/2016 / DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT: 05/12/2016 / O R D E R THIS APPEAL BY THE ASSESSEE IS DIRECTED AGAINST THE ORDER OF THE LEARNED COMMISSIONER OF INCOME-TAX (APPEALS)-IV, BA RODA DATED 04.03.2013 FOR ASSESSMENT YEAR 2007-08. 2. NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT BY REGISTERED POST WI TH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT DUE TO THE ASSESSEE ON 13.10.2016 F IXING THE DATE OF HEARING ON 05.12.2016. THE SAID NOTICE HAS BEEN SE RVED UPON THE ASSESSEE ON 20.10.2016 AS IS EVIDENT FROM THE POSTAL ACKNOWLEDG MENT SLIP WHICH IS PLACED ON RECORD. WHEN THE CASE WAS CALLED FOR HE ARING, NONE APPEARED ON BEHALF OF THE ASSESSEE AND NEITHER ANY ADJOURNMENT APPLICATION WAS FILED. THIS SHOWS THAT THE ASSESSEE IS NOT INTERESTED IN P URSUING WITH HIS APPEAL. THEREFORE, IN VIEW OF THE DECISION OF HON'BLE MADHY A PRADESH HIGH COURT IN THE CASE OF ESTATE OF LATE TUKOJIRAO HOLKAR VS. CWT (1997) 223 ITR 480 (M.P.) AND THE DECISION OF HON'BLE DELHI TRIBUNAL I N THE CASE OF CIT VS. MULTIPLAN INDIA (PVT.) LTD., 38 ITD 320 (DELHI), I DISMISS THE APPEAL OF THE ASSESSEE IN LIMINE . SMC-ITA NO. 1815/AHD/2013 SURESHBHAI MOHANBHAI PATEL VS. ITO AY : 2007-08 2 3. THE ASSESSEE MAY, IF SO ADVISED, FILE AN APPLICA TION BEFORE THIS TRIBUNAL FOR RESTORATION OF HIS APPEAL AND HEARING ON MERITS BY SHOWING REASONABLE CAUSE FOR NOT APPEARING BEFORE THE TRIBU NAL ON THE DATE OF HEARING. THE BENCH, IF SO SATISFIED, MAY RECALL IT S ORDER AND RESTORE THE APPEAL TO ITS ORIGINAL NUMBER FOR HEARING ON MERITS . 4. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL OF THE ASSESSEE IS DIS MISSED IN LIMINE . ORDER PRONOUNCED IN THE COURT ON 5 TH DECEMBER, 2016 AT AHMEDABAD. SD/- R.P. TOLANI (JUDICIAL MEMBER) AHMEDABAD; DATED 05/12/2016 *BIJU T., SR. PS / COPY OF THE ORDER FORWARDED TO : 1. / THE APPELLANT 2. / THE RESPONDENT. 3. / CONCERNED CIT 4. ( ) / THE CIT(A) 5. , , / DR, ITAT, AHMEDABAD 6. / GUARD FILE . / BY ORDER, TRUE COPY / ( DY./ASSTT.REGISTRAR) , / ITAT, AHMEDABAD