IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL DELHI BENCH F: NEW DELHI (THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCING) BEFORE SHRI G.S. PANNU, VICE PRESIDENT AND SHRI SUDHANSHU SRIVASTAVA, JUDICIAL MEMBER ITA NO.3057/DEL/2018 ASSESSMENT YEAR : 2014-15 MANOJ KUMAR, 35, NAYA GANJ, GHAZIABAD, UTTAR PRADESH PAN-ADPPK0792F VS. DCIT, CIRCLE-1, GHAZIABAD, UTTAR PRADESH (APPELLANT) (RESPONDENT) APPELLANT BY : SH. NIKUNJ GARG, CA RESPONDENT BY : SH. M. BARANWAL, SR. DR DATE OF HEARING : 23.12.2020 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT : 23.12.2020 ORDER PER G.S. PANNU, VP : THIS APPEAL BY THE ASSESSEE FOR THE ASSESSMENT YEAR 2014-15 IS DIRECTED AGAINST THE ORDER OF LEARNED CIT(A), GHAZIABAD, DATED 02.01.20 18. 2. THE LEARNED COUNSEL FOR THE ASSESSEE, VIDE ITS LETTER DATED 1 7.12.2020, RECEIVED THROUGH EMAIL, HAS REQUESTED FOR WITHDRAWAL OF THE APPEA L FILED BY HIM AND STATED THAT THE ASSESSEE HAS OPTED TO SETTLE THE DISPUTE RE LATING THE ITA-3057/DEL/2018 2 TAX ARREARS FOR THE ASSESSMENT YEAR UNDER CONSIDERATION UNDER TH E VIVAD SE VISHWAS SCHEME, 2020 (IN SHORT THE ACT) AND REQUESTED FOR WITHDR AWAL OF THE SAID APPEAL. 3. CONSIDERING THE AFORESAID SITUATION, THE CAPTIONED APPEAL IS CONSIGNE D TO RECORDS AND TREATED AS DISMISSED. 4. HOWEVER, THE AFORESAID IS SUBJECT TO A CAVEAT THAT IN CASE TH E DISPUTE RELATING TO TAX ARREARS FOR THE CAPTIONED ASSESSMENT YEAR IS NOT U LTIMATELY RESOLVED IN TERMS OF THE AFORESTATED ACT, THE APPELLANT (I.E., T HE ASSESSEE) SHALL BE AT LIBERTY TO APPROACH THE TRIBUNAL FOR REINSTITUTION OF THE APPEAL AND THE TRIBUNAL SHALL CONSIDER SUCH APPLICATION APPROPRIATELY AS PER LAW. TH E RESPONDENT (I.E., THE REVENUE) HAS NO OBJECTION WITH REGARD TO TH E AFORESAID CAVEAT. 5. IN VIEW OF THE AFORESAID, THE APPEAL IS CONSIGNED TO RECORD AND, FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES, IS TREATED AS DISMISSED. ABOVE DECISION WAS ANNOUNCED ON CONCLUSION OF VIRTUAL HEARING IN THE PRESENCE OF BOTH THE PARTIES ON 23 DECEMBER, 2020. SD/- SD/- (SUDHANSHU SRIVASTAVA) (G.S. PANNU) JUDICIAL MEMBER VICE PRESIDENT F{X~{T COPY FORWARDED TO: - 1. APPELLANT 2. RESPONDENT ITA-3057/DEL/2018 3 3. CIT 4. CIT(A) 5. DR, ITAT BY ORDER ASSISTANT REGISTRAR, ITAT, DELHI