आयकर अपील य अ धकरण, “ए” यायपीठ, चे नई IN THE INCOME-TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL ‘A’ BENCH, CHENNAI ी चं पूजार , लेखा सद य एवं ी धु वु आर.एल रे डी, या यक सद य के सम Before Shri Chandra Poojari, Accountant Member & Shri Duvvuru RL Reddy, Judicial Member आयकर अपील सं./I.T.A.No.2197/Mds/2016 नधा रण वष /As s ess ment Year: 2009-10 Shri R. Sathyamurthy No.31, S.P. Koil Street, Chidambaram. [PAN:AASPS4669K] Vs. The Income Tax Officer, Ward I(3), S.N. Chavady, Cuddalore 2. (अपीलाथ /Appellant) ( यथ /Respondent) अपीलाथ क ओर से / Appellant by : None यथ क ओर से/Respondent by : Shri Shiva Srinivas, JCIT सुनवाई क तार ख/ Da te o f h e a r i n g : 09.02.2017 घोषणा क तार ख /Da te o f Pr o n o u n ce me n t : 26.04.2017 आदेश /O R D E R PER DUVVURU RL REDDY, JUDICIAL MEMBER: This appeal filed by the assessee emanates from the order of the ld. Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) - Puducherry, Chennai dated 09.05.2016 relevant to the assessment year 2009-10. 2. The appeal of the assessee was instituted on 21.07.2016 and posted for hearing on 17.10.2016 by service of notice. At the request of the ld. AR, the hearing of the appeal was adjourned to 03.01.2017, 04.01.2017 and thereafter it was adjourned to 09.02.2017. When the appeal was taken up for I.T.A. No.2197/M/16 2 hearing on 09.02.2017, none appeared on behalf of the assessee nor any adjournment petition has been filed. Hence, it is inferred that the assessee is not interested in prosecuting the appeal. 3. Therefore, having regard to Rule 19(2) of ITAT Rules and following the decision of the Delhi Bench of the Tribunal in the case of Multiplan (India) Ltd. (38 ITD 320) and the judgment of the Hon’ble Madhya Pradesh High Court in the case of late Tukojirao Holkar (223 ITR 480), the appeal of the assessee is dismissed for want of prosecution. 4. In the result, the appeal filed by the assessee is dismissed. Order pronounced on the 26 th April, 2017 at Chennai. Sd/- Sd/- (CHANDRA POOJARI) ACCOUNTANT MEMBER (DUVVURU RL REDDY) JUDICIAL MEMBER Chennai, Dated, the 26.04.2017 Vm/- आदेश क त ल प अ े षत/Copy to: 1. अपीलाथ /Appellant, 2. यथ / Respondent, 3. आयकर आयु त (अपील)/CIT(A), 4. आयकर आयु त/CIT, 5. वभागीय त न ध/DR & 6. गाड फाईल/GF.