IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL SMC BENCH, AHMEDABAD BEFORE SHRI R.P. TOLANI, JUDICIAL MEMBER ./ ITA NO. 3104/AHD/2013 / ASSESSMENT YEAR : 2008-09 SHRI DINESH VELJIBHAI PATEL, 5, BALDEVNAGAR, OPP. LAXMINARAYAN SOCIETY, BAPUNAGAR, AHMEDABAD PAN : ABYPP 8185 A VS INCOME TAX OFFICER, WARD 9 (2), AHMEDABAD / (APPELLANT) / (RESPONDENT) ASSESSEE BY : NONE REVENUE BY : SHRI RAHUL KUMAR, SR DR / DATE OF HEARING : 26/09/2016 / DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT: 26/09/2016 / O R D E R THIS APPEAL BY THE ASSESSEE IS DIRECTED AGAINST THE ORDER OF THE LEARNED COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (APPEALS)-I, AHM EDABAD DATED 11.10.2013 FOR ASSESSMENT YEAR 2008-09. 2. NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT BY REGISTERED POST WI TH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT DUE TO THE ASSESSEE ON 01.08.2016 F IXING THE DATE OF HEARING ON 26.09.2016. THE SAID NOTICE HAS BEEN SE RVED UPON THE ASSESSEE ON 11.08.2016 AS IS EVIDENT FROM THE POSTAL ACKNOWLEDG MENT SLIP WHICH IS PLACED ON RECORD. WHEN THE CASE WAS CALLED FOR HE ARING, NONE APPEARED ON BEHALF OF THE ASSESSEE AND NEITHER ANY ADJOURNMENT APPLICATION WAS FILED. THIS SHOWS THAT THE ASSESSEE IS NOT INTERESTED IN P URSUING WITH HIS APPEAL. THEREFORE, IN VIEW OF THE DECISION OF HON'BLE MADHY A PRADESH HIGH COURT IN THE CASE OF ESTATE OF LATE TUKOJIRAO HOLKAR VS. CWT (1997) 223 ITR 480 (M.P.) AND THE DECISION OF HON'BLE DELHI TRIBUNAL I N THE CASE OF CIT VS. SMC-ITA NO. 3104/AHD/2013 SHRI DINESH VELJIBHAI PATEL VS. ITO AY : 2008-09 2 MULTIPLAN INDIA (PVT.) LTD., 38 ITD 320 (DELHI), I DISMISS THE APPEAL OF THE ASSESSEE IN LIMINE . 3. THE ASSESSEE MAY, IF SO ADVISED, FILE AN APPLICA TION BEFORE THIS TRIBUNAL FOR RESTORATION OF HIS APPEAL AND HEARING ON MERITS BY SHOWING REASONABLE CAUSE FOR NOT APPEARING BEFORE THE TRIBU NAL ON THE DATE OF HEARING. THE BENCH, IF SO SATISFIED, MAY RECALL IT S ORDER AND RESTORE THE APPEAL TO ITS ORIGINAL NUMBER FOR HEARING ON MERITS . 4. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL OF THE ASSESSEE IS DIS MISSED IN LIMINE . ORDER PRONOUNCED IN THE COURT ON 26 TH SEPTEMBER, 2016 AT AHMEDABAD. SD/- R.P. TOLANI (JUDICIAL MEMBER) AHMEDABAD; DATED 26/09/2016 *BIJU T. / COPY OF THE ORDER FORWARDED TO : 1. / THE APPELLANT 2. / THE RESPONDENT. 3. / CONCERNED CIT 4. ( ) / THE CIT(A) 5. , , / DR, ITAT, AHMEDABAD 6. / GUARD FILE . / BY ORDER, TRUE COPY / ( DY./ASSTT.REGISTRAR) , / ITAT, AHMEDABAD