IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL H BENCH, MUMBAI BEFORE SHRI PAVAN KUMAR GADALE, JUDICIAL MEMBER & SHRI MANOJ KUMAR AGGARWAL, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER ITA NO. 3319/MUM/2019 ( ASSESSMENT YEARS: 2013-14 ) HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION (SUCCESSOR TO GRANDEUR PROPERTIES PVT LTD.,) MUMBAI. / VS. ACIT 12(2)(2) RM NO. 145, 1 ST FLOOR, AAYAKAR BHAVAN, MK ROAD, MUMBAI. ./ ./ PAN/GIR NO. : AAACH0997E ( / APPELLANT ) .. ( / RESPONDENT ) / APPELLANT BY : MS. NYRICA, AR / RESPONDENT BY : SHRI GURBINDER SINGH, DR / DATE OF HEARING 31/12/2020 !'# / DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT 31/12/2020 / O R D E R PER PAVAN KUMAR GADALE - JM: THE ASSESSEE HAS FILED AN APPEAL AGAINST THE ORDER OF COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (APPEALS) -20, MUMBAI, PASSED U/S. 271(1)(C) AND 250 OF THE INCOME TAX ACT, 1961. 2. AT THE TIME HEARING, THE LD. AR OF THE ASSESSEE SUBMITTED THAT THE ASSESSEE COMPANY INTENDED TO ITA NO . 3319 /MUM/2019 HDFC, MUMBAI. - 2 - SETTLE THE TAX LITIGATION BY OPTING FOR VIVAD SE VISHWAS SCHEME 2020(VSVS2020) AND HAS FILED AN APPLICATION IN FORM NO. 1 & 2 UNDER VSVS RULES 2020. CONTRA, THE LD. DR HAS NO OBJECTIONS. 3. WE HEARD THE RIVAL CONTENTIONS AND PERUSED THE MATERIAL ON RECORD. SINCE THE ASSESSEE HAS OPTED F OR VIVAAD SE VISHWAS SCHEME 2020 AND HAS FILED AN APPLICATION AS ENVISAGED BY THE LD.AR. WE ARE OF TH E VIEW THAT, NO PURPOSE WILL BE SERVED IN KEEPING THE APPEAL PENDING. ACCORDINGLY, WE DISMISS THE APPEAL OF THE ASSESSEE AS WITHDRAWN AND THE ASSESSEE IS GIVEN LIBERTY TO MOVE AN APPLICATION U/S 254(2) OF THE AC T TO RECALL THE PRESENT ORDER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF LAW. 4. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL FILED BY THE ASSESSEE IS DISMISSED. ORDER PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON 31.12.2020 SD/- SD/- (MANOJ KUMAR AGGARWAL) (PAVAN KUMAR GADALE ) ACCOUNTANT MEMBER JUDICIAL M EMBER MUMBAI, DATED 31/12/2020 ITA NO . 3319 /MUM/2019 HDFC, MUMBAI. - 3 - KRK, PS / COPY OF THE ORDER FORWARDED TO : 1. / THE APPELLANT 2. / THE RESPONDENT. 3. & '( ) / THE CIT(A) 4. ) ( ) / CONCERNED CIT 5. ,-. //'( , '(# , & / DR, ITAT, MUMBAI 6. .34 5 / GUARD FILE. / BY ORDER, , / //TRUE COPY// 1. / ( ASST. REGISTRAR) !' #, / ITAT, MUMBAI