IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL AGRA BENCH, AGRA BEFORE SHRI P.K. BANSAL, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER AND SHRI H.S. SIDHU, JUDICIAL MEMBER ITA NO.337/AGR/2010 ASSESSMENT YEAR: 2003-04 ASSTT. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX-2, VS. M/S JASPAL SINGH & CO., AGRA. 14, KISHANGARH, WEST IDGAH COLONY, AGRA. (PAN : AACFJ 8694 H). (APPELLANT) (RESPONDENT) APPELLANT BY : SHRI A.K. SHARMA, JR. D.R. RESPONDENT BY : SHRI SAHIB P. SATSANGEE, C.A. ORDER PER BENCH : THE REVENUE HAS FILED THE PRESENT APPEAL AGAINST TH E ORDER DATED 27.04.2010 PASSED BY THE LD. CIT(A)-I, AGRA. 2. AT THE TIME OF HEARING, THE LD. COUNSEL FOR THE ASSESSEE STATED THAT THE TAX EFFECT IN THE PRESENT APPEAL IS LESS THAN ` 2,00,000/-, THE SAME IS, THEREFORE, NOT MAINTAINABLE. THE LD. DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVE HAS CONCEDED TO THE STATEMENT OF THE LD. COUNSEL FOR THE ASSESSEE AND HAS NOT RAI SED ANY OBJECTION. 2 3. WE HAVE HEARD BOTH THE PARTIES AND NOTED THAT TH E TAX EFFECT IN THE PRESENT APPEAL FILED BY THE REVENUE AGAINST THE ORDER OF TH E CIT(A) IS LESS THAN ` 2,00,000/- AND THE SAME IS IN CONTRAVENTION OF C.B.D.T. INSTRU CTION NO.5 OF 2008 DATED 15.05.2008 WHICH FINDS STATUTORY FORCE UNDER THE PR OVISIONS OF SECTION 268A OF THE INCOME-TAX ACT, 1961. THE SAME IS, THEREFORE, NOT MAINTAINABLE. THE CLAUSE NO.3 OF THE SAID C.B.D.T. INSTRUCTION HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT APPEAL BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL BY THE REVENUE WILL HENCEFORTH BE FILED WHERE TAX E FFECT EXCEEDS ` 2,00,000/-. THEREFORE, IN THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE PR ESENT CASE, THE APPEAL FILED BY THE REVENUE IS NOT MAINTAINABLE AND THE SAME IS DIS MISSED AS NOT MAINTAINABLE. 4. IN THE RESULT, APPEAL FILED BY REVENUE IS DISMIS SED. (ORDER PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON 19.07.2 011). SD/- SD/- (P.K. BANSAL) (H.S. SIDHU) ACCOUNTANT MEMBER JUDICIAL MEMBER PLACE: AGRA DATE: 19 TH JULY, 2011 PBN/* 3 COPY OF THE ORDER FORWARDED TO: 1. APPELLANT 2. RESPONDENT BY ORDER 3. CIT CONCERNED 4. CIT (APPEALS) CONCERNED 5. DR, ITAT, AGRA BENCH, AGRA 6. GUARD FILE ASSISTANT REGISTRAR INCOME-TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, AGRA TRUE COPY