1 ITA NO. 303/NAG/2014 IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR BEFORE SHRI MUKUL K. SHRAWAT, JUDICIAL MEMBER (SMC) I.T.A. NO. 30 3 /NAG/2014 ASSESSMENT YEAR : 2003 - 04 THE INCOME - TAX OFFICER, SHRI NANDKUMAR POHUMAL CHANDANI, WARD - 4(1), NAGPUR. VS. NAGPUR. PAN AAHPC57 10E APPELLANT. RESPONDENT. . APPELLANT BY : SHRI D. RAVI KUMAR. RESPONDENT BY : SHRI S.C. THAKAR. DATE OF HEARING : 29 - 12 - 2015. DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT : 29 TH DECEMBER, 2015. O R D E R PER SHRI MUKUL K. SHRAWAT, J.M. THIS IS AN APPEAL FILED BY THE REVENUE ARISING OUT OF THE ORDER OF LEARNED CIT(APPEALS) - 19, MUMBAI (CAMP OFFICE NAGPUR) DATED 06 - 03 - 2014 2. AT THE THRESHOLD WE NOTE THAT AS PER THE CBDT CIRCULAR NO. 21/2015 DATED 10 - 12 - 2015 THE MONETARY LIMIT FIXED FOR FILING APPEALS BY THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE THE INCOME - TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL IS HAVING TAX EFFECT OF MORE THAN RS.10,00,000/ - IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED IN PARA 10 OF THE ABOVE SAID CIRCULAR THAT THIS INSTRUCTION WILL APPLY RETROSPECTIVELY TO PENDING APPEALS. FURTHER IT HAS BEEN PROVIDED THAT THE PENDING APPEALS BELOW THE SPECIFIED LIMIT MAY BE WITHDRAWN/NOT PRESSED. WE FIND THAT IN THIS APPEAL THE TAX EFFECT IS BELOW RS. 10,00,000/ - . 2 ITA NO. 303/NAG/2014 3. ADMITTEDLY THE FACTUAL POSITION IS THAT THE INCOME WAS ASSESSED AT RS. 13,7 4,580 / - AND THE TAX DEMANDED WAS RS. 6,71,894 / - . HENCE THIS APPEAL OF THE REVENUE DEPARTMENT IS DULY COVERED BY THE ABOVE MENTIONED CBDT CIRCULAR. 4. WE, THEREFORE, HOLD THAT THIS APPEAL OF THE REVENUE NOW STOOD COVERED BY THE AFORE MENTIONED CIRCULAR. HENC E HEREBY DISMISSED WITHOUT DISCUSSING THE MERITS OF THE CASE. GROUND DISMISSED. 5. IN THE RESULT, THIS APPEAL BY THE REVENUE STANDS DISMISSED IN LIMINE. ORDER PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON THIS 29 TH DAY OF DEC., 2015. SD/ - (MUKUL K. SHRAWAT) JUDICIAL MEMBER NAGPUR, DATED: 29 TH DEC., 2015. COPY FORWARDED TO : 1. S HRI NANDKUMAR POHUMAL CHANDANI, SHIVA STEEL, SATRANJIPURA, BHANDARA ROAD, NAGPUR. 2. I.T.O., WARD - 4(1), NAGPUR. 3. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME - TAX - , NAGPUR. 4. CIT(APPEALS) - , NAGPUR. 5. D.R., ITAT, NAGPUR. 6. GUARD FILE TRUE COPY BY ORDER ASSISTANT REGISTRAR, ITAT, NAGPUR WAKODE.