IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL AHMEDABAD SMC BENCH ( CONVENED THROUGH VIRTUAL COURT ) BEFORE SHRI MAHAVIR PRASAD, JUDICIAL MEMBER & SHRI WASEEM AHMED, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER S.NO APPEAL A.Y. APPELLANT (PAN NO.) RESPONDENT A.R. 1 ITA NO. 1944/AHD/201 8 2014-15 ARVINDKUMAR NATHULAL JAIN (ADPPJ7938Q) ITO, WARD- 1(2)(1), AHMEDABAD WTIHDRAWAL APPLICATION 2 ITA NOS. 1199/ AHD/2015 2006-07 PRAVINBHAI NAGARBHAI PATEL (LATE SHRI NAGARBHAI ISHWARBHAI PATEL) (ANYPP1757B) ITO, WARD-2, PATAN SHRI K.C. THAKER REVENUE BY : SHRI S. S. SHUKLA, SR. D.R. / DATE OF HEARING 11/03/2021 / DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT 12/03/2021 / O R D E R PER BENCH THE CAPTIONED BOTH APPEALS ARISE FROM THE RESPECTIVE ORDERS OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (APPEALS) (CIT(A)) AGAINST DIFFERENT ASSESSMENT YEARS. 2. THE CAPTIONED ASSESSEES HAVE SOUGHT TO WITHDRAW THE APPEALS LISTED ABOVE ON THE GROUND THAT THEY HAVE OPTED TO AVAIL BENEFITS OF VIVAD SE VISHWAS SCHEME, 2020 (VSV). WHEN THE MATTER WAS CALLED FOR HEARING, THE LD. COUNSELS FOR THE ASSESSEE AT THE OUTSET HAVE ITA NO. 1944/AHD/18 & ORS. - 2 - SUBMITTED THAT THEY DO NOT SEEK TO PURSUE THE SAID APPEALS OWING TO EXERCISE OF OPTION FOR AVAILING VSV SCHEME AND CONSEQUENTLY REQUESTED THAT THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR WITHDRAWAL OF APPEALS MAY PLEASE BE GRANTED. REFERENCE WAS ALSO MADE TO WRITTEN REQUESTS IN THIS REGARD. 3. THE LD. DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE REVENUE STATED THAT HE HAS NO OBJECTION TO WITHDRAW THE APPEALS IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES NARRATED ON BEHALF OF THE ASSESSEE. 4. IN THE LIGHT OF ORAL/WRITTEN REQUESTS MADE ON BEHALF OF THE CAPTIONED PARTIES, ALL THE APPEALS ARE DISMISSED AS WITHDRAWN. HOWEVER, IN THE EVENT, THE ASSESSEE FAILS TO AVAIL THE BENEFIT OF VSV SCHEME FOR ANY BONAFIDE REASONS, THEN THE ASSESSEE CONCERNED WILL BE AT LIBERTY TO SEEK RESTORATION OF ORIGINAL APPEALS FOR HEARING BEFORE ITAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW. 5. IN THE RESULT, BOTH CAPTIONED APPEALS ARE DISMISSED AS WITHDRAWN. SD/- SD/- (WASEEM AHMED) (MAHAVIR PRASAD) ACCOUNTANT MEMBER TRUE COPY JUDICIAL MEMBER AHMEDABAD: DATED 12/03/2021 RAJESH KUMAR / COPY OF ORDER FORWARDED TO:- 1. / REVENUE 2. / ASSESSEE 3. / CONCERNED CIT 4. - / CIT (A) 5. , , / DR, ITAT, AHMEDABAD 6. [ / GUARD FILE. BY ORDER / , / , THIS ORDER PRONOUNCED ON 12 /03/2021