IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL SMC BENCH, AHMEDABAD BEFORE SHRI R.P. TOLANI, JUDICIAL MEMBER ./ ITA NO. 3108/AHD/2013 / ASSESSMENT YEAR : 2008-09 BHAGWATILAL RAMESHCHANDRA SHAH, BHAGWATI PROVISION STORE, AMBE NAGAR, OPP. GUJARAT TIMES, UDHNA MAGDALLA ROAD, SURAT PAN : ACFPK 2053 E VS THE INCOME-TAX OFFICER, WARD-2(2), SURAT / (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 COMMISSIONER OF INCOME-TAX (APPEALS)-II, SURAT DATE D 25.10.2013 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, WHICH WAS RETURNED BY THE PO STAL AUTHORITIES UNSERVED WITH THE REMARKS LEFT. NO CHANGE OF ADD RESS HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY THE ASSESSEE. THIS SHOWS THAT THE ASSESSEE IS NOT INTERESTED IN PURSUING WITH HIS APPEAL. THEREFORE, IN VIEW OF THE DECISIO N OF HON'BLE MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT IN THE CASE OF ESTATE OF LATE TU KOJIRAO HOLKAR VS. CWT (1997) 223 ITR 480 (M.P.) AND THE DECISION OF HON'B LE DELHI TRIBUNAL IN THE CASE OF CIT VS. MULTIPLAN INDIA (PVT.) LTD., 38 IT D 320 (DELHI), I DISMISS THE APPEAL OF THE ASSESSEE IN LIMINE . SMC-ITA NO. 3108/AHD/2013 BHAGWATILAL RAMESHCHANDRA SHAH VS. ITO AY : 2008-09 2 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 APPEALS TO ITS ORIGINAL NUMBER FOR HEARING ON MERIT S. 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