1 ITA NO. 57/NAG/2015 IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR BEFORE SHRI SHAMIM YAHYA, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER. (S.M.C.) I.T.A. NO. 57/NAG/2015. ASSESSMENT YEAR : 2008 - 09. DY. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME - TAX, MR. HANIF SHABBIR LAMBA, WARDHA CIRCLE, WARDHA. VS. WARDHA. PAN A BUPL4787C. APPELLANT. RESPONDENT. APPELLANT BY : SMT. AGNES P. THOM A S RESPONDENT BY : SHRI S . C. THAKAR DATE OF HEARING : 05 - 07 - 2016 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT : 5 TH JULY, 2016 O R D E R THIS APPEAL BY THE REVENUE IS DIRECTED AGAINST THE ORDER OF LEARNED CIT(APPEALS) - I , NAGPUR DATED 14 - 11 - 2014 AND PERTAINS TO ASSESSMENT YEAR 2008 - 09. 2. AT THE THRESHOLD I NOTE THAT AS PER THE CBDT CIRCULAR NO. 21/2015 DATED 10 - 12 - 2015 THE MONETARY LIMIT FIXED FOR FILING AP PEALS BY THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE THE INCOME - TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL IS HAVING TAX EFFECT OF MORE THAN RS.10,00,000/ - . IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED IN PARA 10 OF THE ABOVE SAID CIRCULAR THAT THIS INSTRUCTION WILL APPLY RETROSPECTIVELY TO PENDING APPEALS. FURTHER IT H AS BEEN PROVIDED THAT THE PENDING APPEALS BELOW THE SPECIFIED LIMIT MAY BE WITHDRAWN/NOT PRESSED. I FIND THAT IN THIS APPEAL THE TAX EFFECT IS BELOW RS.10,00,000/ - . 2 ITA NO. 57/NAG/2015 3. THERE ARE CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS PROVIDED IN THE ABOVE SAID CIRCULAR. LEARNED D.R. DID NOT D ISPUTE THAT THIS APPEAL IS BELOW THE ABOVE SAID LIMIT. FURTHER HE COULD NOT POINT OUT ANY FEATURE IN THE PRESENT APPEAL INVITING ANY OF THE EXCEPTIONS IN THE SAID CIRCULAR. 4. IN THE LIGHT OF THE ABOVE OBSERVATIONS, THIS APPEAL BY THE REVENUE STANDS DISMI SSED IN LIMINE ON ACCOUNT OF TAX EFFECT. ORDER PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON THIS 5 TH DAY OF JULY,2016. SD/ - ( SHAMIM YAHYA) ACCOUNTANT MEMBER. NAGPUR, DATED: 5 TH JULY, 2016. COPY FORWARDED TO : 1. MR. HANIF SHABBIR LAMBA, PROP. POPULAR TRADERS, PATEL CHOWK, WARDHA - 442001. 2. D .C.I.T. , WARDHA CIRCLE, WARDHA. 3. C.I.T. - I. NAGPUR. 4. CIT(APPEALS), - I, NAGPUR. 5. D.R., ITAT, NAGPUR. 6. GUARD FILE TRUE COPY BY ORDER ASSISTANT REGISTRAR, INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. WAKODE.