, IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL J JJ J BENCH, BENCH, BENCH, BENCH, MUMBAI MUMBAI MUMBAI MUMBAI , . , . ! ! ! ! , ' ' ' ' #$ #$ #$ #$ BEFORE BEFORE BEFORE BEFORE SHRI SHRI SHRI SHRI VIJAY PAL RAO, JM VIJAY PAL RAO, JM VIJAY PAL RAO, JM VIJAY PAL RAO, JM & & & & SHRI SHRI SHRI SHRI D. KARUNAKARA RAO D. KARUNAKARA RAO D. KARUNAKARA RAO D. KARUNAKARA RAO, AM , AM , AM , AM ./ I.T.A. NO. I.T.A. NO. I.T.A. NO. I.T.A. NO. 3136 3136 3136 3136/MUM/201 /MUM/201 /MUM/201 /MUM/2012 22 2 ( %& %& %& %& ' ' ' ' / ASSESSMENT YEAR :2008-09) JAGDISH M. CHAUDHARY, F-1102, 11 TH FLOOR, NEEL SIDDHI JEWELS, SECTOR-6, PLOT NO. 26A, OPP. PALM BENCH ROAD, NERUL, NAVI MUMBAI, MUMBAI-400706 & & & & / VS. ITO, WARD 22(3), PRATYAKSHA KAR BHAWAN, BANDRA-KURLA COMPLEX MUMBAI-400051 $( ' ./ ) ./ PAN/GIR NO. : AFGPC8533B ( (* / APPELLANT APPELLANT APPELLANT APPELLANT) .. ( +,(* / RESPONDENT RESPONDENT RESPONDENT RESPONDENT) $ $ $ $ - . - . - . - . / REVENUE BY : SHRI R. K. SAHU %& %&%& %& /0 /0 /0 /0 - . - . - . - . /ASSESSEE BY : NONE & & & & - -- - 0 0 0 0' '' ' / DATE OF HEARING : 15 TH OCTOBER 2013 12' 12' 12' 12' - -- -0' 0' 0' 0' /DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT: 15 TH OCTOBER 2013 #3 / O R D E R PER : , . . / VIJAY PAL RAO, JM THIS APPEAL BY THE ASSESSEE IS DIRECTED AGAINST TH E ORDER DATED 20.1.2012 OF COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX(APPEALS) FO R THE ASSESSMENT YEAR 2008-09. 2. NONE HAS APPEARED ON BEHALF OF THE ASSESSEE WHEN THIS APPEAL WAS CALLED FOR HEARING AS ON TODAY I.E. 15.10.2013 DESP ITE THE NOTICE FOR HEARING WAS DULY SERVED UPON THE ASSESSEE. ON THE L AST DATE OF HEARING THE APPEAL WAS ADJOURNED ON THE REQUEST OF THE ASSE SSEE. THUS, IT IS CLEAR THAT THE ASSESSEE WAS VERY WELL AWARE ABOUT THE DAT ED OF HEARING OF THIS APPEAL. THIS TYPE OF CONDUCT ON THE PART OF THE ASSESSEE SH OWS THAT HE IS ITA NO. 3136/M/2012 JAGDISH M. CHAUDHARY 2 NOT INTERESTED IN PROSECUTING THE APPEAL FILED BY I T. ACCORDINGLY, WE DISMISS THE APPEAL AS NOT ADMITTED BY FOLLOWING THE DECISIONS OF THE HONBLE MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT IN THE CASE OF E STATE OF LATE TUKOJIRAO HOLKAR VS CWT(223 ITR 480(MP) AND BY THE DELHI BENCH OF THE TRIBUNAL IN THE CASE OF CIT VS MULTIPLAN (INDIA) PV T LTD (38 ITD 320 (DEL). 3 HOWEVER, IF THE ASSESSEE THROUGH PROPER APPLICATI ON CAN SATISFY THE TRIBUNAL FOR SUCH NON APPEARANCE ON THE DATE OF HEA RING, THE TRIBUNAL MAY AT ITS DISCRETION RECALL THIS ORDER. 4. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL OF THE ASSESSEE IS DIS MISSED. ORDER PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON THIS 15 TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2013 SD/- SD/- ( . ! ) ' #$ (D. KARUNAKARA RAO) ACCOUNTANT MEMBER ( ) % #$ (VIJAY PAL RAO) JUDICIAL MEMBER PLACE: MUMBAI : DATED: 15 TH OCTOBER 2013 SUBODH COPY FORWARDED TO: 1 APPELLANT 2 RESPONDENT 3 CIT 4 CIT(A) 5 DR /TRUE COPY/ BY ORDER DY /AR, ITAT, MUMBAI