IN TH E INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL DELHI BENCH : FRIDAY : NEW DELHI BEFORE SHRI R.K. PANDA, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER AND SHRI K. NARASIMHA CHARY, JUDICIAL MEMBER STAY APPLICATION S NO. 2 35 TO 238 /DEL/20 20 ( ITA S NO . 961 /DEL/20 1 5, 6949/DEL/2017, 901/DEL/2017 & 896 8/DEL/2019 ) ASSESSMENT YEAR S : 20 1 0 - 11 , 2013 - 14, 2012 - 13 & 2015 - 16) MARUTI SUZUKI INDIA LTD., PLOT NO.1, NELSON MANDELA ROAD, VASANT KUNJ, NEW DELHI. PAN: AA ACM0829Q VS. DCIT, CIRCLE - 16(1), NEW DELHI. (APPELLANT ) (RESPONDENT) A SSESSEE BY : SHRI A JAY VOHRA, SR. ADVOCATE & SHRI ROHIT JAIN, AD VOCATE RE VENUE BY : SHRI M. BARNWAL, S R. DR DATE OF HEARING : 1 9.06. 20 20 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT : 19.06.2020 ORDER PER R. K. PANDA, AM : TH E SE STAY APPLICATION S ARE FILED BY THE ASSESSE E TO EXTEND THE ORIGINAL STAY ORDER FOR A FURTHER PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS OR TILL THE DISPOSAL OF THE APPEAL, WHICHEVER IS EARLIER ON THE GROUND THAT THE DELAY IN DISPOSAL OF THE APPEAL IS NOT ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE CONDUCT OF THE ASSESSEE. SA NOS.235 TO 238/ DEL/20 20 2 2. AT THE OUTSET, IT IS BROUGHT TO OUR NOTICE THAT TAKING SUO MOTU COGNIZANCE OF THE EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES ARISING OUT OF COVID - 19 PANDEMIC, THE HON BLE HIGH COURT OF DELHI VIDE ORDER DATED 25.0 3 .2020 IN WP (C) NO.3037/2020, DIRECTED THAT IN ALL MATTERS PENDING BEFORE T HE COURTS WHEREIN INTERIM ORDERS WERE SUBSISTING AS ON 16.03.2020 AND EXPIRED OR WILL EXPIRE THEREAFTER, THE SAME SHALL STAND AUTOMATICALLY EXTENDED TILL 15.05.2020. THIS ORDER DATED 25.03.2020 WAS EXTENDED BY THE HON BLE DELHI HIGH COURT ON 15.05.2020 EX TENDING THE OPERATION OF THE DIRECTIONS TILL 25.06.2020. AGAIN, ON 15.06.2020, THE HON BLE DELHI HIGH COURT EXTENDED THE OPERATION OF THE DIRECTIONS DATED 25.03.2020 FOR A FURTHER PERIOD UPTO 15.07.2020 WITH THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS. 3. BOTH THE LD. AR AND LD. DR SUBMITTED THAT THE STAY IN THIS MATTER ALSO COULD BE EXTENDED TILL 15.07.2020 WITH THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS ON WHICH THE ORIGINAL STAY WAS GRANTED. RECORDING THE SUBMISSION, WE EXTEND THE OPERATION OF THE STAY IN THE CASE TILL 15.0 7 .20 20 ON THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS. THE REGISTRY IS DIRECTED TO FIX THE STAY PETITIONS ON 17.07.2020 FOR HEARING. TH E ORDER PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT AT THE TIME OF HEARING ITSELF I.E., ON 1 9 . 06 . 20 20 . SD/ - SD/ - (K . NARASIMHA CHARY ) ( R. K. PANDA ) JUDICIAL MEMBER ACCOUNTANT MEMFBER DATED: 19 TH JUNE, 2020 DK SA NOS.235 TO 238/ DEL/20 20 3 COPY FORWARDED TO 1. APPELLANT 2. RESPONDENT 3. CIT 4. CIT(A) 5. DR DY. REGISTRAR, ITAT, NEW DELHI