IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL C, BENC H KOLKATA BEFORE SHRI N.V.VASUDEVAN, JM & DR. A.L.SAINI, AM ./ ITA NO.2321/KOL/2013 ( / ASSESSMENT YEAR:2009-2010) ITO 2(4), PARMAR BUILDING 54, G.T.ROAD, ASANSOL- 713304 VS. MD. MUSTAFA, 179, S.B.GORAI ROAD, ASANSOL-713303 ./ ./PAN/GIR NO. : AKFPM 6559 H ( /APPELLANT ) .. ( / RESPONDENT ) /REVENUE BY : SHRI RAJAT KUMAR KUREEL, JCIT /ASSESSEE BY : NONE / DATE OF HEARING : 24/11/2016 /DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT 30/11/2016 / O R D E R PER DR. ARJUN LAL SAINI, AM: THE CAPTIONED APPEAL FILED BY THE REVENUE, PERTAINI NG TO THE ASSESSMENT YEAR 2009-2010, IS DIRECTED AGAINST AN O RDER PASSED BY LD. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (APPEALS), ASANSOL IN AP PEAL NO.142/C.I.T.(A)/ASL./W-2(2)/ASL/11-12, DATED 04.06 .2013, WHICH IN TURN ARISES OUT OF AN ORDER PASSED BY THE ASSESSING OFFI CER (AO) UNDER SECTION.143(3) OF THE INCOME TAX ACT 1961, (IN SHOR T THE ACT), DATED 25.11.2011. 2. AT THE OUTSET, WE HAVE NOTICED THAT THE TAX EFFE CT IN THE APPEAL OF THE REVENUE IS BELOW RS.10 LAKHS, THEREFORE, THE SA ME IS NOT MAINTAINABLE AS PER THE CBDT CIRCULAR NO.21/2015, DATED 10 TH DECEMBER, 2015. WE FOUND THAT AS PER THE RECENT CIRCULAR NO.21/2015, D ATED 10 TH DECEMBER, 2015, ISSUED BY THE CBDT, THE MONETARY LIMIT HAS BE EN REVISED FOR FILING OF APPEAL BEFORE ITAT BY THE REVENUE FIXING THE TAX EFFECT LIMIT OF RS.10 ITA NO.2321/13 MD. MUSTAFA 2 LAKHS. IN THE INSTANT CASE, THE TAX EFFECT IS BELOW RS.10 LAKHS, THEREFORE THE SAME IS NOT MAINTAINABLE AND LIABLE TO BE DISMI SSED IN LIMINE. THIS CIRCULAR IS RETROSPECTIVE AND APPLICABLE TO THE PEN DING APPEALS ALSO. 3. CONSIDERING THE ABOVE CBDT CIRCULAR, WE FOUND TH AT THIS APPEAL OF THE REVENUE IS NOT MAINTAINABLE AS THE TAX EFFECT I N THIS APPEAL IS BELOW RS.10 LAKHS. ACCORDINGLY, WE DISMISS THE APPEAL OF THE REVENUE. 4. IN THE RESULT, APPEAL FILED BY THE REVENUE IS DI SMISSED. ORDER PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON THIS 30 /11/2016. SD/ - (N.V.VASUDEVAN) SD/ - (DR. A.L.SAINI) / JUDICIAL MEMBER / ACCOUNTANT MEMBER /KOLKATA ; $% DATED 30/11/2016 & ()* /PRAKASH MISHRA , . / PS / COPY OF THE ORDER FORWARDED TO : / BY ORDER, / ( ASSTT. REGISTRAR) & ' , / ITAT, 1. / THE APPELLANT-ITO WARD-2(2), ASANSOL 2. / THE RESPONDENT.-MD. MUSTAFA 3. 4 ( ) / THE CIT(A), KOLKATA. 4. 4 / CIT 5. 56 7 8 , 8 , / DR, ITAT, KOLKATA 6. 7 9 / GUARD FILE. 5 //TRUE COPY//