IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL (DELHI BENCH: G: NEW DELHI) BEFORE SHRI BHAVNESH SAINI, JUDICIAL MEMBER & SHRI L.P. SAHU, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER ITA NO:- 531/DEL/2012 ( ASSESSMENT YEAR: 2008-09) JOINT COMMISSIONER OF INCOME - TAX, RANGE-2, GHAZIABAD. VS. M/S SHAIKSHNIK KRISHAK SAMAJ, TH-2, MEENAL APARTMENT, PLOT NO. 25, SEC-2, RAJINDER NAGAR, GHAZIABAD. PAN NO .-AADAS1074L APPELLANT RESPONDENT REVENUE BY : SH. S.S. RANA, CIT (DR) ASSESSEE BY : SH. PRAVEEN SINGHAL, CA & MS. SMITA GOEL, CA. DATE OF HEARING : 29.08.2018. DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT : 29/08/2018. ORDER PER: BHAVNESH SAINI, JM THIS APPEAL BY THE REVENUE HAS BEEN DIRECTED AGAINS T THE ORDER OF LD. CIT(A) GHAZIABAD, DATED 24.11.2011 FOR ASSESSMENT YEAR 200 8-09, CHALLENGING THE DELETION OF ADDITION OF RS. 42,41,270/- U/S 68 OF THE INCOME T AX ACT, 1961. 2 ITA NO.- 531/DEL/2012. M/S SHAIKSHNIK KRISHAK SAMAJ. 2. ADMITTEDLY, THE TAX EFFECT IN THE DEPARTMENTAL A PPEAL IS LESS THAN RS.20 LAKHS. VIDE CIRCULAR NO. 3 OF 2018 DATED 11.07.2018 ISSUED BY CBDT UNDER SECTION 268A OF THE I.T. ACT, IT HAS BEEN DIRECTED THAT DEPARTMENT SHAL L NOT FILE APPEAL BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL IN CASE WHERE THE TAX EFFECT DOES NOT EXCEED THE MONET ARY LIMIT OF RS.20 LAKHS. IT IS ALSO DIRECTED THAT THIS INSTRUCTION WILL APPLY RETROSPEC TIVELY TO THE PENDING APPEALS AND APPEALS TO BE FILED HENCEFORTH IN THE TRIBUNAL. PEN DING APPEALS BELOW THE SPECIFIED TAX EFFECT MAY BE WITHDRAWN/NOT PRESSED. LEARNED CIT (D R) IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE BOARD CIRCULAR DID NOT PRESS THE DEPARTMENTAL APPEAL. WE MAY ALSO NOTE THAT THE APPEAL OF THE DEPARTMENT ABOVE WOULD NOT FALL WITHIN THE EXCE PTIONS PROVIDED IN THE BOARD CIRCULAR. IN THE RESULT, THE DEPARTMENTAL APPEAL IS NOT MAINTAINABLE AS HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST THE INSTRUCTION OF THE BOARD. THE DEPARTMEN TAL APPEAL IS DISMISSED AS WITHDRAWN/NOT PRESSED BY THE LEARNED CIT(DR). 3. IN THE RESULT, APPEAL OF THE REVENUE IS DISMISSE D. ORDER PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON 29/8/2018 SD/- SD/- (L.P. SAHU) (BHAVNESH SAINI) ACCOUNTANT MEMBER JUDICIAL MEMBER DATED: 29.08.2018 POOJA/- COPY FORWARDED TO: 1. APPELLANT 2. RESPONDENT 3. CIT 4. CIT(APPEALS) 3 ITA NO.- 531/DEL/2012. M/S SHAIKSHNIK KRISHAK SAMAJ. 5. DR: ITAT ASSISTANT REGISTRAR ITAT NEW DELHI DATE OF DICTATION 29/8/2018 DATE ON WHICH THE TYPED DRAFT IS PLACED BEFORE THE DICTATING MEMBER 29/8/2018 DATE ON WHICH THE TYPED DRAFT IS PLACED BEFORE THE OTHER MEMBER DATE ON WHICH THE APPROVED DRAFT COMES TO THE SR. PS/PS 29/8/2018 DATE ON WHICH THE FAIR ORDER IS PLACED BEFORE THE DICTATING MEMBER FOR PRONOUNCEMENT 29/8/2018 DATE ON WHICH THE FAIR ORDER COMES BACK TO THE SR. PS/PS 29 /8/2018 DATE ON WHICH THE FINAL ORDER IS UPLOADED ON THE WEBSITE OF ITAT DATE ON WHICH THE FILE GOES TO THE BENCH CLERK DATE ON WHICH THE FILE GOES TO THE HEAD CLERK THE DATE ON WHICH THE FILE GOES TO THE ASSISTANT REGISTRAR FOR SIGNATURE ON THE ORDER DATE OF DISPATCH OF THE ORDER 4 ITA NO.- 531/DEL/2012. M/S SHAIKSHNIK KRISHAK SAMAJ.