IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL AHMEDABAD SMC BENCH (CONDUCTED THROUGH VIRTUAL COURT) BEFORE: SHRI AMARJIT SINGH, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER AND MS. MADHUMITA ROY, JUDICIAL MEMBER HARINDER SINGH, ICSC, ANAND NIKETAN, NEW DELHI PAN: AXIPS1385H (APPELLANT) VS THE ITO, WARD-1(1), BHAVNAGAR (RESPONDENT) REVENUE BY: DR. SHYAM PRASAD, SR. D.R. ASSESSEE BY: SHRI DIVYANG SHAH, A.R . DATE OF HEARING : 09-06-2021 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT : 22-06-20 21 /ORDER PER : AMARJIT SINGH, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER:- THIS ASSESSEES APPEAL FOR A.Y. 2012-13, ARISES FRO M ORDER OF THE CIT(A)-6, AHMEDABAD DATED 26-09-2018, IN PROCEEDINGS UNDER SE CTION 271(1)(C) OF THE INCOME TAX ACT, 1961; IN SHORT THE ACT. 2. THE ASSESSEE FILED WRITTEN SUBMISSION TO WITHDR AW THE APPEAL ON THE GROUND THAT HE HAS OPTED TO AVAIL BENEFITS OF VIVAD SE VISHWAS SCHEME, 2020 AND IN HIS SUBMISSION THE ASSESSEE HAS ALSO ENCLOSED TH E COPIES FORM NO. -3 ISSUED BY THE PR. CIT OF INCOME TAX FOR APPROVING THE APPLICA TION FILED BY THE ASSESSEE UNDER THE VIVAD SE VISHWAS SCHEME, 2020. WHEN THE MATTER WAS CALLED FOR ITA NO. 2300/AHD/2018 ASSESSMENT YEAR 2012-13 I.T.A NO. 2300/AHD/2018 A.Y. 2012-13 PAGE NO HARINDER SINGH VS. ITO 2 HEARING, THE LD. COUNSEL FOR THE ASSESSEE AT THE OU TSET HAS SUBMITTED THAT HE DOES NOT WANT TO PURSUE THE SAID APPEAL SINCE HIS APPLICATIO N UNDER VIVAD SE VISHWAS SCHEME, 2020 HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE INCOME TAX DE PARTMENT AND REQUESTED THAT HIS APPLICATION FOR WITHDRAWAL OF APPEAL MAY P LEASE BE GRANTED. 3. THE LD. DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE REVE NUE STATED THAT HE HAS NO OBJECTION TO WITHDRAW THE APPEAL IN THE CIRCUMSTANC ES NARRATED ON BEHALF OF THE ASSESSEE. 4. WE HAVE CONSIDERED THE SUBMISSION AND APPLICATIO N OF THE ASSESSEE FOR WITHDRAWAL OF THE APPEAL AS HIS APPLICATION HAS BEE N APPROVED UNDER VIVAD SE VISHWAS SCHEME, 2020. A REFERENCE HAS BEEN MADE I N SUB-SECTION (2) & (3) OF SECTION 4 OF DIRECT TAX VIVAD SE VISHWAS SCHEME, 20 20 FOR THE PURPOSE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPEAL. IN THE LIGHT OF THE PROVISIO N MADE IN THE SCHEME AND AFTER CONSIDERING THE MATERIAL ON RECORD, THE AFORESAID R EQUEST FOR WITHDRAWAL OF APPEAL OF THE ASSESSEE TO AVAIL THE VSV SCHEME, 2020 IN AC CORDANCE WITH LAW IS ALLOWED. HOWEVER, IN CASE, ANY ISSUE IS REMAINED UN-RESOLVED UNDER THE SAID SCHEME, THEN, THE ASSESSEE WILL BE AT LIBERTY TO FILE THE MISCELL ANEOUS APPLICATION TO RECALL THIS ORDER TO RESTORE THE ORIGINAL APPEAL WITHIN THE TIM E LIMIT PROVIDED IN THE ACT. 5. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL OF THE ASSESSEE IS DIS MISSED AS WITHDRAWN. ORDER PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON 22-06-2021 SD/- SD/- (MADHUMITA ROY) (AMARJIT SINGH) JUDICIAL MEMBER ACCOUNTANT MEMBER AHMEDABAD : DATED 22/06/2021 I.T.A NO. 2300/AHD/2018 A.Y. 2012-13 PAGE NO HARINDER SINGH VS. ITO 3 / COPY OF ORDER FORWARDED TO:- 1. ASSESSEE 2. REVENUE 3. CONCERNED CIT 4. CIT (A) 5. DR, ITAT, AHMEDABAD 6. GUARD FILE. BY ORDER/ , / ,