ITA.1877/BANG/2016 PAGE - 1 IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL BENGALURU BENCH 'C', BENGALURU BEFORE SHRI. INTURI RAMA RAO, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER AND SHRI. LALIT KUMAR, JUDICIAL MEMBER I.T.A NO.1877/BANG/2016) (ASSESSMENT YEAR : 2012-13) SHRI.APPAJI MALLAPPA MAHESH, NO.48, OLD NO.442, SERVICE ROAD, 1 ST STAGE, 6 TH PHASE, WOC ROAD, RAJAJINAGAR, BENGALURU 560 044 .. APPELLANT PAN : AEJPM2065G V. ASST. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME-TAX, CIRCLE -2(2)(1), BENGALURU .. RESPONDENT ASSESSEE BY : NONE REVENUE BY : SHRI. M. K. BIJU, JCIT HEARD ON : 07.11.2017 PRONOUNCED ON : 17.11.2017 O R D E R PER LALIT KUMAR, JUDICIAL MEMBER : THIS IS AN APPEAL FILED BY THE ASSESSEE AGAINST TH E ORDER OF THE CIT (A) 3, BENGALURU, DT.26.08.2016, FOR THE ASSE SSMENT YEAR 2012-13. 02. WHEN THE APPEAL WAS CALLED UP FOR HEARING, NOBO DY APPEARED FOR ASSESSEE. IT IS SEEN FROM RECORDS THAT IN SPITE OF THE DATE OF HEARING ITA.1877/BANG/2016 PAGE - 2 BEING MENTIONED IN THE NOTICE OF HEARING, WHICH HAS BEEN ISSUED AND SERVED ON THE ASSESSEE BY REGISTERED POST ACKNOWLED GEMENT DUE, NOBODY WAS PRESENT ON THE DATE OF HEARING. IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT THE ASSESSEE IS NOT INTERES TED IN PROSECUTING ITS CASE. WE DISMISS THE APPEAL FOLLOWING THE DECISION OF THE DELHI BENCH OF THE ITAT IN CIT V. MULTIPLAN INDIA P.LTD., (1991) 38 ITD 320 AND OF THE MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT IN THE CAS E OF ESTATE OF LATE TUKOJI RAO HOLKAR V. CWT (1997) 223 ITR 480, A S THE APPEAL IS INFRUCTUOUS FOR NON-PROSECUTION. 03. IN THE RESULT, APPEAL OF THE ASSESSEE IS DISMIS SED. ORDER PRONOUNCED IN OPEN COURT ON THE 17 TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2017. SD/- SD/- (INTURI RAMA RAO) (LALIT KUMAR) ACCOUNTANT MEMBER JUDICIAL M EMBER BENGALURU DATED : 17.11.2017 MCN* COPY TO: 1. THE ASSESSEE 2. THE ASSESSING OFFICER 3. THE COMMISSIONER OF INCOME-TAX 4. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME-TAX(A) 5. DR 6. GF, ITAT, BANGALORE BY ORDER SENIOR PRIVATE SECRETARY