IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL AMRITSAR BENCH, AMRITSAR BEFORE SH. VIKRAM SINGH YADAV , ACCOUNTANT MEMBER AND SH. N.K.CHOUDHRY, JUDICIAL MEMBER ITA NO. 440/ASR/2019 ASSESSMENT YEAR 2011-12 SH. SUDHIR KUMAR GUPTA 49-50, DURGA COLONY, JALANDHAR [PAN: AFBPK5497B] VS. INCOME TAX OFFICERS, WARD- 1(4), JALANDHAR (APPELLANT) (RESPONDENT) APPELLANT BY: SH. J. S. BHASIN (ADV.) RESPONDENT BY: SH. DHEERAJ KUMAR (DR) DATE OF HEARING: 25.07.2019 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT: 26.07.2019 ORDER PER: VIKRAM SINGH YADAV, A.M. THIS IS AN APPEAL FILED BY THE ASSESSEE AGAINST THE ORDE R OF LD. CIT(A)- 1, JALANDHAR DATED 28.05.2019 FOR A.Y 2011-12. 2. AT THE OUTSET, THE LD. AR SUBMITTED THAT THE APPEA L HAS BEEN DECIDED EX-PARTE QUA THE ASSESSEE BY THE LD CIT(A) WITHOUT GOING INTO THE MERITS OF THE MATTER. IT WAS ACCORDINGLY SUBMITTED THAT THE MAT TER MAY BE SET ASIDE TO THE FILE OF LD. CIT(A) TO DECIDE THE SAME ON MERIT S. THE LD. DR IS HEARD WHO HAS NOT RAISED ANY SPECIFIC OBJECTIONS WHERE THE MAT TER IS SET-ASIDE TO THE FILE OF THE LD CIT(A). 3. ON PERUSAL OF THE ORDER OF THE LD. CIT(A), WE FIN D THAT THE MATTER HAS NOT BEEN DECIDED ON THE MERITS AND THE SAME HAS BEEN DI SMISSED EX-PARTE ITA NO. 440 /ASR/2019 SH. SUDHIR KUMAR GUPTA, JA LANDHAR VS. ITO, WARD 1(4), JALANDHAR 2 QUA THE ASSESSEE. THEREFORE, IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE AND F AIR PLAY, WE SET ASIDE THE MATTER TO FILE OF LD. CIT(A) TO DECIDE THE SAME ON MERITS AFTER PROVIDING REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY TO THE ASSESSEE. IN THE RESULT, APPEAL OF THE ASSESSEE IS ALLOWED FOR STATI STICAL PURPOSES. ORDER PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON 26.07.2019. SD/- SD/- (N.K.CHOUDHRY) ( VIKRAM SINGH YADAV ) JUDICIAL MEMBER ACCOUNTANT MEMBER DATED: 26.07.2019 GANESH KR. PS COPY OF THE ORDER FORWARDED TO: (1) SH. SUDHIR KUMAR GUPTA, JALANDHAR (2) ITO, WARD 1(4), JALANDHAR (3) THE CIT(APPEALS)-1, JALANDHAR (4) THE CIT CONCERNED (5) THE SR DR, I.T.A.T., AMRITSAR TRUE COPY BY ORDER