IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL AMRITSAR BENCH, AMRIT SAR BEFORE SH. SANJAY ARORA, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER AND SH. N.K.CHOUDHRY, JUDICIAL MEMBER ITA NO.295(ASR)/2014 ASSESSMENT YEAR:2010-11 ASST. CIT, RANGE-III, JALANDHAR VS. M/S. HIND SAMACHAR LTD. CIVIL LINES, PACCA BAGH, JALANDHAR (RESPONDENT) M/S. THE HIND SAMACHAR LTD., 1&2, PRINTING PRESS COMPLEX, NEAR WAZIRPUR DEPOT, WAZIRPUR, NEW DELHI [PAN:AAACT 5137G] (APPELLANT) (RESPONDENT) APPELLANT BY: SMT. PRABHJO T KAUR (LD. CIT- DR) RESPONDENT BY: NONE. DATE OF HEARING: 31.10.2018 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT: 31.10.2018 ORDER PER N.K. CHOUDHRY THE INSTANT APPEAL HAS BEEN FILED BY THE REVENUE DEPA RTMENT, ON FEELING AGGRIEVED AGAINST THE ORDER DATED 24.02.201 4 PASSED BY THE LD. CIT(A)-JALANDHAR, U/S 250(6) OF THE I.T. ACT, 1961 ( HEREINAFTER CALLED AS THE ACT). 2. AT THE TIME OF HEARING, IT IS SEEN THAT THE TAX EFF ECT INVOLVED IN THIS APPEAL OF THE REVENUE DEPARTMENT IS LESS THAN RS.20 LACS, HENCE, THE PRESENT APPEAL FILED BY THE REVENUE DEPARTMENT IS LIA BLE TO BE DISMISSED, AS THE SAME IS NOT MAINTAINABLE, IN VIEW OF THE LATEST C BDT INSTRUCTION NO.03 OF 2018, DATED 11.07.2018. ITA NO.295(ASR)/2014 (A.Y.2010-11) ACIT V. M/S. HIND SAMACHAR LTD. NEW DELHI 2 3. THE LD. DR ALSO AGREED THAT THE TAX EFFECT IN THIS AP PEAL IS LESS THAN RS.20 LACS. HENCE, AS PER CBDT INSTRUCTION NO. 03 OF 2018, DATED 11 TH JULY, 2018, WHICH IS BINDING ON THE DEPARTMENT, THE DEPART MENT IS PRECLUDED FROM FILING THE PRESENT APPEAL, AS THIS INSTRUCTION IS A PPLICABLE RETROSPECTIVELY. THEREFORE, THE AFORESAID APPEAL CAN NO T SURVIVE ANY LONGER. ACCORDINGLY, THE APPEAL FILED BY THE REVENUE DEPARTME NT IS DISMISSED AS NOT MAINTAINABLE. 4. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL FILED BY THE REVENUE DEPA RTMENT IS DISMISSED. ORDER PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON 31.1 0.2018. SD/- SD/- (SANJAY ARORA) (N.K.CHOUDHRY) ACCOUNTANT MEMBER JU DICIAL MEMBER DATED: 31.10.2018 /PK/ PS. COPY OF THE ORDER FORWARDED TO: (1) M/S. HIND SAMACHAR LTD. CIVIL LINES, PACCA BAGH, JALANDHAR (RESPONDENT) M/S. THE HIND SAMACHAR LTD., 1&2, PRINTING P RESS COMPLEX, NEAR WAZIRPUR DEPOT, WAZIRPUR, NEW DELHI (2) THE ASST. CIT, RANGE-III, JALANDHAR. (3) THE CIT(A)-JALANDHAR (4) THE CIT CONCERNED (5) THE SR DR, I.T.A.T., AMRITSAR TRUE COPY BY ORDER