IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL DELHI BENCH A: NEW DELHI (THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCING) BEFORE SHRI G.S. PANNU, VICE PRESIDENT AND SHRI SUDHANSHU SRIVASTAVA, JUDICIAL MEMBER ITA NO.5251/DEL/2017 ASSESSMENT YEAR : 2013-14 SHRI MANISH AGARWAL, S/O-SRI GOVIND P. AGARWAL, 115/2, SHASHTRI NAGAR, MEERUT (U.P.) PAN-ADCPA32823C VS. INCOME TAX OFFICER, WARD-1(4), MEERUT, (U.P.) (APPELLANT) (RESPONDENT) APPELLANT BY : SH. K. PRASANNA, ADV. RESPONDENT BY : SH. M. BARANWAL, SR. DR DATE OF HEARING : 22.01.2021 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT : 22.01.2021 ORDER PER G.S. PANNU, VP : THIS APPEAL BY THE ASSESSEE FOR THE ASSESSMENT YEAR 2013-14 IS DIRECTED AGAINST THE ORDER OF LEARNED CIT(A), MEERUT, DATED 12.06.2017. 2. THE LEARNED COUNSEL FOR THE ASSESSEE, VIDE ITS LETTER DATED 2 9.12.2020, RECEIVED THROUGH EMAIL, HAS REQUESTED FOR WITHDRAWAL OF THE APPEA L FILED BY HIM AND STATED THAT THE ASSESSEE HAS OPTED TO SETTLE THE DISPUTE RE LATING THE ITA-5251/DEL/2017 2 TAX ARREARS FOR THE ASSESSMENT YEAR UNDER CONSIDERATION UNDER TH E VIVAD SE VISHWAS SCHEME, 2020 (IN SHORT THE ACT) AND REQUESTED FOR WITHDR AWAL OF THE SAID APPEAL. 3. CONSIDERING THE AFORESAID SITUATION, THE CAPTIONED APPEAL IS CONSIGNE D TO RECORDS AND TREATED AS DISMISSED. 4. HOWEVER, THE AFORESAID IS SUBJECT TO A CAVEAT THAT IN CASE TH E DISPUTE RELATING TO TAX ARREARS FOR THE CAPTIONED ASSESSMENT YEAR IS NOT U LTIMATELY RESOLVED IN TERMS OF THE AFORESTATED ACT, THE APPELLANT (I.E., T HE ASSESSEE) SHALL BE AT LIBERTY TO APPROACH THE TRIBUNAL FOR REINSTITUTION OF THE APPEAL AND THE TRIBUNAL SHALL CONSIDER SUCH APPLICATION APPROPRIATELY AS PER LAW. TH E RESPONDENT (I.E., THE REVENUE) HAS NO OBJECTION WITH REGARD TO TH E AFORESAID CAVEAT. 5. IN VIEW OF THE AFORESAID, THE APPEAL IS CONSIGNED TO RECORD AND, FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES, IS TREATED AS DISMISSED. ABOVE DECISION WAS ANNOUNCED IN THE PRESENCE OF BOTH THE SIDES ON CONCLUSION OF VIRTUAL HEARING ON 22 JANUARY, 2021. SD/- SD/- (SUDHANSHU SRIVASTAVA) (G.S. PANNU) JUDICIAL MEMBER VICE PRESIDENT F{X~{T COPY FORWARDED TO: - 1. APPELLANT 2. RESPONDENT 3. CIT ITA-5251/DEL/2017 3 4. CIT(A) 5. DR, ITAT BY ORDER ASSISTANT REGISTRAR, ITAT, DELHI