IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL DELHI BENCHES G : DELHI BEFORE SHRI BHAVNESH SAINI, JUDICIAL MEMBER AND SHRI ANADEENATH MISSHRA, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER ITA.NO.2223/DEL./2017 ASSESSMENT YEAR 2009-2010 THE ACIT, CIRCLE-29(1), ROOM NO.1003, E-2 BLOCK, 10 TH FLOOR, CIVIC CENTER, J.L.N. MARG, NEW DELHI. PIN 110 002. VS. M/S. SUPREME STEEL & GENERAL MILLS, B-23, OKHLA INDUSTRIAL AREA, PH-I, NEW DELHI 110 020. PAN AABFS1576L (APPELLANT) (RESPONDENT) FOR REVENUE : SHRI N.K. BANSAL, SR. D.R. FOR ASSESSEE: - NONE - DATE OF HEARING : 29 .0 7 .201 9 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT : 29 .0 7 .201 9 ORDER PER BHAVNESH SAINI, J.M. THIS APPEAL BY REVENUE HAS BEEN DIRECTED AGAINST THE ORDER OF THE LD. CIT(A)-10, NEW DELHI, DATED 30.01.2017, FOR THE A.Y. 2009-2010, CHALLENGING THE DELETION OF ADDITION OF RS.41,02,397/-. 2 ITA.NO.2223/DEL./2017 M/S. SUPREME STEEL & GENERAL MILLS, NEW DELHI. 2. ADMITTEDLY, THE TAX EFFECT IN THE PRESENT APPEAL IS LESS THAN RS.20 LAKHS. VIDE CIRCULAR NO.3/2018DATED 11 TH JULY, 2018 ISSUED BY CBDT, IT HAS BEEN DIRECTED THAT THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT FILE APPEAL BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL IN CASE WHERE THE TAX EFFECT DOES NOT EXCEED THE MONETARY LIMIT OF RS.20 LAKHS. IT IS ALSO DIRECTED THAT THIS INSTRUCTION WILL APPLY RETROSPECTIVELY TO PENDING APPEALS AND APPEALS TO BE FILED HENCEFORTH IN TRIBUNALS. PENDING APPEALS BELOW THE SPECIFIED TAX LIMIT MAY BE WITHDRAWN/NOT PRESSED. THE LD. D.R. IN VIEW OF THE BOARDS CIRCULAR ABOVE DID NOT PRESS THE DEPARTMENTAL APPEAL. THE CASE OF THE DEPARTMENT WOULD NOT FALL IN THE EXCEPTIONS PROVIDED IN THE ABOVE BOARD CIRCULAR. IN THE RESULT, THE DEPARTMENTAL APPEAL IS NOT MAINTAINABLE AS THE APPEAL IS FILED AGAINST THE BOARD INSTRUCTIONS REFERRED TO ABOVE AND THEREFORE, THE APPEAL OF THE DEPARTMENT IS LIABLE TO BE DISMISSED. 4. IN THE RESULT, APPEAL OF THE DEPARTMENT DISMISSED. 3 ITA.NO.2223/DEL./2017 M/S. SUPREME STEEL & GENERAL MILLS, NEW DELHI. ORDER PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT. SD/- SD/- (ANADEENATH MISSHRA) (BHAVNESH SAINI) ACCOUNTANT MEMBER JUDICIAL MEMBER DELHI, DATED 29 TH JULY, 2019 VBP/- COPY TO 1. THE APP ELLANT 2. THE RESPONDENT 3. CIT(A) CONCERNED 4. CIT CONCERNED 5. D.R. ITAT G BENCH, DELHI 6. GUARD FILE. // BY ORDER // ASSISTANT REGISTRAR : ITAT DELHI BENCHES : DELHI.