IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL KOLKATA C BENCH, KOLKATA (VIRTUAL COURT) (BEFORE SRI J. SUDHAKAR REDDY, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER & SRI ABY T. VARKEY, JUDICIAL MEMBER) I.T.A. NO. 390/KOL/2019 ASSESSMENT YEAR: 2012-13 MUKTA COMMOSALE PVT. LTD.......................................................................APPELLANT [PAN: ACVPJ 4013 F] VS. ITO, WARD-4(2), KOLKATA...............................................................................................RESPONDENT APPEARANCES BY: NONE APPEARED ON BEHALF OF THE ASSESSEE. SH. JAYANTA KHANRA, JCIT, APPEARED ON BEHALF OF THE REVENUE. DATE OF CONCLUDING THE HEARING : SEPTEMBER 21 ST , 2020 DATE OF PRONOUNCING THE ORDER : SEPTEMBER 23 RD , 2020 ORDER PER J. SUDHAKAR REDDY, AM : THIS IS AN APPEAL FILED BY THE ASSESSEE DIRECTED AGAINST THE ORDER OF THE LEARNED COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (APPEALS)-9, KOLKATA, [HEREINAFTER THE CIT(A)], PASSED U/S. 250 OF THE INCOME TAX ACT, 1961 (THE ACT), DATED 19.12.2018 FOR THE ASSESSMENT YEAR 2012-13. 2. NONE APPEARED ON BEHALF OF THE ASSESSEE. THERE IS NO APPLICATION FOR ADJOURNMENT EITHER. WE FIND THAT THE LD. CIT(A) HAS PASSED AN EX-PARTE ORDER. HE HAS NOT DISPOSED OFF THE APPEAL ON MERITS. SUCH DISMISSAL FOR NON-PROSECUTION IS NOT PERMISSIBLE IN LAW. 3. THE LD. DR SUBMITTED THAT THE ISSUE MAY BE RESTORED TO THE FILE OF THE LD. CIT(A) AS THERE WAS VIOLATION OF PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL JUSTICE. 4. UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES WE SET ASIDE THE MATTER TO THE FILE OF THE LD. CIT(A) FOR FRESH ADJUDICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW. 2 I.T.A. NO. 390/KOL/2019 ASSESSMENT YEAR: 2012-13 MUKTA COMMOSALE PVT. LTD. 5. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL OF THE ASSESSEE IS ALLOWED FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES. KOLKATA, THE 23 RD SEPTEMBER, 2020. SD/- SD/- [ABY T. VARKEY] [J. SUDHAKAR REDDY] JUDICIAL MEMBER ACCOUNTANT MEMBER DATED: 23.09.2020 BIDHAN COPY OF THE ORDER FORWARDED TO: 1. MUKTA COMMOSALE PVT. LTD., 40/4 STRAND ROAD, 2 ND FLOOR, KOLKATA-700 001. 2. ITO, WARD-4(2), KOLKATA. 3. CIT(A)-9, KOLKATA. (SENT THROUGH MAIL) 4. CIT- 5. CIT(DR), KOLKATA BENCHES, KOLKATA. (SENT THROUGH MAIL) TRUE COPY BY ORDER ASSISTANT REGISTRAR ITAT, KOLKATA BENCHES