, ,LK ,LK,LK ,LK- -- -,E ,E,E ,E- -- -LH LHLH LH IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL SMC BENCH, AHMEDABAD OLHE VGEN] OLHE VGEN] OLHE VGEN] OLHE VGEN] YS[KK LNL; YS[KK LNL; YS[KK LNL; YS[KK LNL; , BEFORE SHRI RAJPAL YADAV, JUDICIAL MEMBER AND SHRI WASEEM AHMED, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER ./ I.T.A. NO.3315/AHD/2016 ( / ASSESSMENT YEAR : 2009-10) SHRI SANJAYKUMAR RAMBABU AGRAWAL, B-115, OMNAGAR SOCIETY, NEAR RAVI PARK, TARSALI, VADODARA. / VS. THE INCOME TAX OFFICER, WARD 1(2)(5), AAYKAR BHAWAN, RACE COURSE, VADODARA 390 007. ./ ./ PAN/GIR NO. : AHWPA 2906 N ( / APPELLANT ) .. ( !' / RESPONDENT ) # / APPELLANT BY : --NONE-- !' $ # / RESPONDENT BY : SHRI PRASOON KABRA, SR. D.R. % &' $ () / DATE OF HEARING 23/05/2018 *+,- $ () / DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT 29/05/2018 . / O R D E R PER WASEEM AHMED, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER: THE CAPTIONED APPEAL HAS BEEN FILED AT THE INSTANCE OF THE ASSESSEE AGAINST THE APPELLATE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX(APPEALS)-1, VADODARA [CIT(A) IN SHORT] VIDE APPEAL NO.CAB- 1/320/2016-17 DATED 14/09/2016 ARISING IN THE ASSESSMENT ORDER PASSED UNDER S.147 R.W.S 143(3) OF THE INCOME TAX ACT, 196 1 (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS 'THE ACT') DATED 26/02/2015 RELEVAN T TO ASSESSMENT YEAR (AY) 2009-10. ITA NO.3315/AHD/2016 SHRI SANJAYKUMA R RAMBABU AGRAWAL VS. ITO ASST.YEAR 2009-10 - 2 - 2. THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT TO THE ASSESSEE B Y REGISTERED POST AS PER THE ADDRESS GIVEN IN COLUMN NO.10 OF FORM NO . 36. HOWEVER, AT THE TIME OF HEARING NONE APPEARED ON BEHALF OF THE ASSESSEE NOR ANY APPLICATION FOR ADJOURNMENT HAS BEEN FILED. FROM T HIS, IT IS REASONABLE TO INFER THAT THE ASSESSEE IS NOT SERIOUS TO PURSUE IT S CASE. HONBLE SUPREME COURT IN THE CASE OF CIT VS. B.N. BHATTACHARGEE AND ANOTHER, 118 ITR 461(SC) OBSERVED THAT PREFERRING AN APPEAL MEANS EF FECTIVELY PURSUING IT. HONBLE M.P. HIGH COURT IN THE CASE OF ESTATE OF LA TE TUKOJIRAO HOLKAR VS. CWT, 223 ITR 480(M.P.) DISMISSED THE REFERENCE FILED BY THE ASSESSEE FOR NOT TAKING NECESSARY STEPS. SIMILAR V IEW IS TAKEN BY I.T.A.T., DELHI BENCH IN THE CASE OF MULTIPLAN INDI A LTD., 38 ITD 320. CONSIDERING THE ABOVE, IT APPEARS THAT THE ASSESSEE IS NOT INTERESTED IN PROSECUTING ITS APPEAL. WE, THEREFORE, DISMISS THE APPEAL FILED BY THE ASSESSEE FOR NON-PROSECUTION. HOWEVER THE ASSESSEE IS AT LIBERTY TO FILE THE APPL ICATION FOR RECALLING THE ORDER IN FUTURE AFTER EXPLAINING THE REASONS FOR TH E NON APPEARANCE ON THE DATE OF HEARING IF HE IS SERIOUS IN PURSUING THE AP PEAL. 3. IN THE RESULT, APPEAL FILED BY THE ASSESSEE IS D ISMISSED. THIS ORDER PRONOUNCED IN OPEN COURT ON 29/05/2018 SD/- SD/- JKTIKY ;KNO JKTIKY ;KNO JKTIKY ;KNO JKTIKY ;KNO OLHE VGEN OLHE VGEN OLHE VGEN OLHE VGEN U;KF;D LNL; U;KF;D LNL; U;KF;D LNL; U;KF;D LNL; YKS[KK LN YKS[KK LN YKS[KK LN YKS[KK LN L; L; L; L; (RAJPAL YADAV) (WASEEM AHMED) JUDICIAL MEMBER ACCOUNTANT MEMBER AHMEDABAD; DATED 29/05/2018 ITA NO.3315/AHD/2016 SHRI SANJAYKUMA R RAMBABU AGRAWAL VS. ITO ASST.YEAR 2009-10 - 3 - PRITI YADAV, SR.PS !'# $#! / COPY OF THE ORDER FORWARDED TO : 1. / THE APPELLANT 2. !' / THE RESPONDENT. 3. /01( % 2( / CONCERNED CIT 4. % 2( ( ) / THE CIT(A)-1, VADODARA. 5. 567 !(&01 , ) 01- , 8 / / DR, ITAT, AHMEDABAD 6. 79 :' / GUARD FILE. % & / BY ORDER, ' 5( !( //TRUE COPY// '/& () ( DY./ASSTT.REGISTRAR) , / ITAT, AHMEDABAD 1. DATE OF DICTATION 23/05/2018 (COVERED CASE) 2. DATE ON WHICH THE TYPED DRAFT IS PLACED BEFORE THE DICTATING MEMBER 23/05/2018 3. OTHER MEMBER 4. DATE ON WHICH THE APPROVED DRAFT COMES TO THE SR.P. S./P.S 28/05/2018 5. DATE ON WHICH THE FAIR ORDER IS PLACED BEFORE THE D ICTATING MEMBER FOR PRONOUNCEMENT 6. DATE ON WHICH THE FAIR ORDER COMES BACK TO THE SR.P .S./P.S. 7. DATE ON WHICH THE FILE GOES TO THE BENCH CLERK 8. DATE ON WHICH THE FILE GOES TO THE HEAD CLERK ... 9. THE DATE ON WHICH THE FILE GOES TO THE ASSISTANT RE GISTRAR FOR SIGNATURE ON THE ORDER.. 10. DATE OF DESPATCH OF THE ORDER