IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL SMC BENCH, MUMBAI BEFORE SHRI SHAMIM YAHYA , AM AND SHRI AMARJIT SINGH, JM / I .T.A. NO. 3821 / MUM/ 201 8 ( / ASSESSMENT YEAR: 20 08 - 09 ) BHARATKUMAR MEHTA (HUF) 52 - C, ROOM NO. 103, AMARWADI, 1 ST KH ATTAR GALI, MUMBAI - 400004 . / VS. ITO - 17(1)(2) ROOM NO. 116, AAY A KAR BHAVAN, M. K. ROAD, MUMBAI - 400020. ./ ./ PAN/GIR NO. : AAGHB 2486 M ( / APPELLANT ) .. ( / RESPONDENT ) / DATE OF HEARING: 24 / 0 2 / 20 2 1 /DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT: 24 / 02 / 20 21 / O R D E R PER AMARJIT SINGH, JM: THIS IS AN APPEAL FILED BY THE ASSESSEE AGAINST TH E ORDER DATED 14 . 0 3 .201 8 PASSED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (APPEALS), 55 MUMBAI [HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE CIT(A)]. RELEVANT TO THE A.Y.2008 - 09 . 2 . WE HAVE HEARD THE ARGUMENTS ADVANCED BY THE LD. R EPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT AND HAS GONE THROUGH THE CASE CAREFULLY . WHEN THIS APPEAL WAS CALLED OUT FOR HEARING, THE LD. COUNSEL OF THE ASSESSEE SUBMITTED THAT HE HAS FILED THE NECESSARY DECLARATION UNDER DIRECT TAX VIVAD SE VISHWAS ACT, 2020 (ACT 3 O F 2020) AND IS AWAITING FOR FINAL RESOLUTION OF THE MATTER UNDER THE SAID SCHEME. HE SUBMITTED THAT UPON COMPLETION OF THE NECESSARY FORMALITIES, HE WILL WITHDRAW THE APPEAL. IN RESPONSE TO THE SUGGESTION FROM THE BENCH, HE FAIRLY ACCEPTED THAT HE HAS NO O BJECTION TO THE APPEAL BEING ASSESSEE BY : LETTER DATED 12.02.2021 RE VENUE BY: MS. SMITA VERMA ( D R) ITA NO. 3821 /M UM /20 1 8 A.Y.20 08 - 09 2 DISMISSED AS WITHDRAWN AS LONG AS HIS RIGHT FOR REVIVAL OF TH E APPEAL IS PROTECTED, IN THE EVENT OF, FOR SOME UNFORTUNATE REASON, THE MATTER BEING NOT SETTLED UNDER THE VIVAD SE VISHWAS SCHEME. 3 . THE LD. DR HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE ABOVE. 4 . IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE, WE DISMISS THE APPEAL AS WITHDRAWN, SUBJECT TO BE RIDER THAT IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF MATTER NOT BEING RESOLVED UNDER THE VIVAD SE VISHWAS SCHEME , THE ASSESSEE SHALL HAVE LIBERTY TO APPROACH THE TRIBUNAL FOR RESTORATION OF HIS APPEAL. 5 . IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL IS DISMISSED AS WITHDRAWN SUBJECT TO THE OBSERVATION ABOVE . ORDER PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON 24 / 0 2 /202 1 SD/ - SD/ - ( SHAMIM YAHYA ) (AMARJIT SINGH) / ACCOUNTANT MEMBER / JUDICIAL MEMBER MUMBAI; DATED : 24 / 0 2 / 202 1 V IJAY PAL SINGH /SR.PS / COPY OF THE ORDER FORWARDED TO : 1. / THE APPELLANT 2. / THE RESPONDENT. 3. ( ) / THE CIT(A) - 4. / CIT 5. , , / DR, ITAT, MUMBAI 6. / GUARD FILE. / BY ORDER, //TRUE COPY// / /(DY./ASSTT. REGISTRAR) , / I TAT, MUMBAI