IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL DELHI BENCH SMC NEW DELHI BEFORE SHRI AMIT SHUKLA, JUDICIAL MEMBER I.T.A. NO.2341/DEL/2018 ASSESSMENT YEAR: 2009-10 ADITYA REAL BUILD PVT. LTD., PLOT NO.153, POCKET 9, SECTOR- 22, ROHINI, NEW DELHI. V. ITO, WARD-1(3), NEW DELHI. TAN/PAN: AAGCA 7823E (APPELLANT) (RESPONDENT) APPELLANT BY: NONE RESPONDENT BY: SHRI S.L. ANURAGI, SR.D.R. DATE OF HEARING: 19 12 2018 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT: 20 12 2018 O R D E R THE AFORESAID APPEAL HAS BEEN FILED BY THE ASSESSEE AGAINST THE IMPUGNED ORDER DATED 07.12.2017 PASSED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (APPEALS)-I, NEW DELHI F OR ASSESSMENT YEAR 2009-10. 2. THE APPEAL WAS FIXED FOR HEARING BEFORE THE BENCH O N 20.12.2018. BUT NONE APPEARED ON BEHALF OF THE ASSE SSEE. THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT TO THE ASSESSEE THROUGH REGISTERED POST ON 20/09/2018 BUT NONE APPEARED ON BEHALF OF T HE ASSESSEE NOR ANY APPLICATION SEEKING ADJOURNMENT FI LED. THE LAW AIDS THOSE WHO ARE VIGILANT, NOT THOSE WHO SLEE P UPON THEIR RIGHTS. THIS PRINCIPLE IS EMBODIED IN WELL KN OWN DICTUM 'VIGILANTIBUS ET NON DORMIENTIBUS JURA SUBVENIUNT'. 3. UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, IN MY CONSIDERED OPINION , I.T.A. NO.2341/DEL/2018 2 THE ASSESSEE IS NOT INTERESTED IN PROSECUTING THE A PPEAL. I, THEREFORE, HOLD THAT THIS APPEAL IS LIABLE TO BE DI SMISSED FOR NON PROSECUTION. IN THIS REGARD, PLACE RELIANCE UPO N FOLLOWING CASE LAWS:- 1. CIT VS. MULTIPLAN INDIA LTD., 38 ITD 320 (DEL) 2. ESTATE OF LATE TUKOJIRAO HOLKAR VS. CWT, 223 ITR 480 (M.P.) 3. NEW DIWAN OIL MILLS VS. CIT (2008) 296 ITR 495 (P&H) 4. CIT VS. B. N. BHATTACHARGEE AND ANOTHER, 118 ITR 461(SC). 4. RESPECTFULLY FOLLOWING THE VIEW TAKEN IN THE CASE S CITED ABOVE, DISMISSING THE APPEAL FILED BY THE AS SESSEE FOR NON PROSECUTION. 5. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL OF THE ASSESSEE IS D ISMISSED. ORDER PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON 20 TH DECEMBER, 2018. SD/- [AMIT SHUKLA] JUDICIAL MEMBER DATED: 20 TH DECEMBER, 2018 PKK: