, D IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL D BENCH, AHMEDABAD BEFORE SHRI RAJPAL YADAV, JUDICIAL MEMBER & SHRI PRADIP KUMAR KEDIA, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER ./ I.T.A. NO. 2059/AHD/2016 ( ASSESSMENT YEAR : 2012-13) SUNLIGHT EXTRUSION PVT. LTD. PLOT NO. 501 & 502, G.I.D.C. ESTATE, WAGHODIA, BARODA 391760 / VS. ASST. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, CIRCLE 2(1)(1), VADODARA ./ ./ PAN/GIR NO. : AAGCS4062B ( APPELLANT ) .. ( / RESPONDENT ) / APPELLANT BY : NONE / RESPONDENT BY : SHRI VINOD TANWANI, SR.DR DATE OF HEARING 26/04/2019 !'# / DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT 30/04/2019 / O R D E R PER PRADIP KUMAR KEDIA - AM: THE CAPTIONED APPEAL HAS BEEN FILED AT THE INSTANCE OF THE ASSESSEE AGAINST THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONER OF I NCOME TAX (APPEALS)-2, VADODARA (CIT(A) IN SHORT), DATED 30 .03.2016 ARISING IN THE PENALTY ORDER DATED 28.01.2015 PASSED BY THE ASSESSING OFFICER (AO) UNDER S. 143(3) OF THE INCOME TAX ACT, 1961 (T HE ACT) CONCERNING AY 2012-13. 2. AT THE TIME OF HEARING, NONE APPEARED ON BEHA LF OF THE APPELLANT- ASSESSEE. CASE FILE REVEALS THAT THE REGISTRY HAS ALREADY SENT AN RPAD NOTICE DATED 11.03.2019 TO ASSESSEE. NONE APPEARED FOR ASSESSEE ON ITA NO.2059/AHD/16 [SUNLIGHT EXTRUSION PVT. LTD. VS. ITO] A.Y. 2012-13 - 2 - EARLIER OCCASION ALSO WITHOUT ANY INTIMATION. IN THE AFOREMENTIONED PECULIAR FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE, IN TH E ABSENCE OF ANY REPRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF THE ASSESSEE OR PETITIO N SEEKING TIME, IT CAN BE PRESUMED THAT THE ASSESSEE IS NOT SERIOUS IN PURSUING THE APPEAL FILED. ACCORDINGLY THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE LEFT IS T O DISMISS THE APPEAL OF THE ASSESSEE IN LIMINE . SUPPORT IS DRAWN FROM THE ORDER OF THE TRIBUNALS IN COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX VS. MULTI PLAN INDIA (P)LTD.; 38 ITD 320 (DEL) AND ESTATE OF LATE TUKOJIRAO HOLKAR VS. CWT: 223 ITR 480 (M.P.). 3. BEFORE PARTING, IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO ADD THAT IN CASE THE ASSESSEE IS ABLE TO SHOW THAT THERE EXISTED A REASO NABLE CAUSE FOR NON- REPRESENTATION ON THE DATE OF HEARING, IT WOULD BE AT LIBERTY, IF SO ADVISED, TO SEEK FOR A RECALL OF THIS ORDER. 4. IN THE RESULT, APPEAL OF THE ASSESSEE IS DISMISS ED IN LIMINE . SD/- SD/- (RAJPAL YADAV) (PRADIP K UMAR KEDIA) JUDICIAL MEMBER ACCOUNTANT MEMBER AHMEDABAD: DATED 30/04/2019 TRUE COPY S. K. SINHA !'#' / COPY OF ORDER FORWARDED TO:- &. / REVENUE 2. / ASSESSEE (. )*+ , / CONCERNED CIT 4. ,- / CIT (A) /. 012 33*+4 *+#4 56) / DR, ITAT, AHMEDABAD 7. 289 : / GUARD FILE. BY ORDER / 4 /5 *+#4 56) THIS ORDER PRONOUNCED IN OPEN COURT ON 30/04/2019