1 \IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL DELHI BENCH A NEW DELHI BEFORE SHRI S.V. MEHROTRA : ACCOUNTANT MEMBER AND SHRI SUDHANSHU SRIVASTAVA: JUDICIAL MEMBER ITA NO. 3750/DEL/2013 ASSTT. YRS: 2004-05 ACIT CIRCLE 20(1), VS. BETA INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS, NEW DELHI. B-17, GT KARNAL ROAD INDL. AREA, NEW DELHI. PAN: AAAFB 4041 L ( APPELLANT ) (RESPONDENT) APPELLANT BY : SHRI S.L. ANURAGI DR ASSESSEE BY : SHRI KAPIL GOEL ADV. DATE OF HEARING : 16/02/2016. DATE OF ORDER : 01/03/2016. O R D E R PER S.V. MEHROTRA, A.M: THIS IS REVENUES APPEAL AGAINST THE ORDER DATED 22.02.2013, PASSED BY THE LD. CIT(A)-XII, NEW DELHI, IN APPEAL NO. 301 /11-12, RELATING TO A.Y. 2004-05. 2. LD. DR AT THE OUTSET SUBMITTED THAT, PRIMA FACIE , THE TAX EFFECT INVOLVED IN THE PRESENT APPEAL IS LESS THAN RS. 10 LAKHS. THEREFORE, IN TERMS OF CBDT CIRCULAR NO. 21/2015 DATED 10.12.2015, STI PULATING THAT THE DEPARTMENTAL APPEAL, INVOLVING TAX EFFECT BELOW RS .10 LAKHS, SHALL NOT BE FILED BEFORE THE ITAT AND FURTHER THAT SUCH INSTRUC TION WOULD APPLY RETROSPECTIVELY AND THE PENDING APPEALS BELOW THE S PECIFIED TAX LIMIT OF RS.10 LAKH MAY BE WITHDRAWN/NOT PRESSED, THE DEPART MENT MAY BE ALLOWED TO 2 WITHDRAW THE APPEAL, PROVIDED THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS A PRECEDENT IN THE SUBSEQUENT YEARS OF THE ACCEPTANCE OF ISSUES INVOLVED IN THIS APPEAL AND, THEREFORE, IF IN THE SUBSEQUENT YEAR SIMILAR I SSUE ARISES BEFORE THE ITAT, WHERE THE APPEAL IS ABOVE THE TAX LIMIT, AS PRESCRI BED IN THE BOARDS CIRCULAR, THE SAME SHOULD BE DECIDED ON MERITS. 3. AFTER HEARING THE LD. CIT(DR) THE DEPARTMENTAL APPEAL IS TREATED AS WITHDRAWN IN TERMS OF BOARDS CIRCULAR, REFERRED TO ABOVE. 4. IN THE RESULT, REVENUES APPEALS STAND DISMISSED , HAVING BEEN WITHDRAWN. ORDER PRONOUNCEMENT IN OPEN COURT ON 01/03/2016. SD/- SD/- (SUDHANSHU SRIVASTAVA) (S.V. MEHROTRA) JUDICIAL MEMBER ACCOUNTANT MEMBER DATED: _____/03/2016. *MP* COPY OF ORDER TO: 1. ASSESSEE 2. AO 3. CIT 4. CIT(A) 5. DR, ITAT, NEW DELHI.