ITA NO.62 OF 2020 MALOTH RAJU HYDERABAD PAGE 1 OF 2 RIN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL HYDERABAD SMC BENCH, HYDERABAD (THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCING) BEFORE SMT. P. MADHAVI DEVI, JUDICIAL MEMBER ITA NO.62/HYD/2020 ASSESSMENT YEAR: 2016-17 SRI MALOTH RAJU HYDERABAD PAN:AXBPM3804E VS. INCOME TAX OFFICER WARD 11(4) HYDERABAD (APPELLANT) (RESPONDENT) ASSESSEE BY: N O N E REVENUE BY : SRI BHASKAR REDDY, DR DATE OF HEARING: 08/06/2021 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT: 09/06/2021 ORDER THIS IS ASSESSEES APPEAL FOR THE A.Y 2016-17 AGAIN ST THE ORDER OF THE CIT (A)-5, HYDERABAD, DATED 21.11. 2019. THIS APPEAL IS COMING UP FOR HEARING SINCE 20.01.2021. I NSPITE OF SERVICE OF NOTICE BY RPAD, THERE IS NO REPRESENTATI ON BY THE ASSESSEE. 2. TODAY, DURING THE COURSE OF HEARING, IT IS NOTIC ED THAT THE CIT (A) HAS DECIDED THE MATTER EX-PARTE THE ASS ESSEE DUE TO NON-APPEARANCE OF THE ASSESSEE. THEREFORE, IN THE I NTEREST OF JUSTICE AND IN ORDER TO GIVE THE ASSESSEE AN OPPORT UNITY TO REPRESENT HIS CASE, THE MATTER IS SET ASIDE TO THE FILE OF THE CIT (A) FOR DECIDING THE GROUNDS OF THE APPEAL RAISED BY TH E ASSESSEE AFRESH ON MERITS. NEEDLESS TO MENTION THAT THE ASSE SSEE SHALL BE GIVEN A FAIR OPPORTUNITY OF HEARING. I ALSO DIRECT THE ASSESSEE TO APPEAR BEFORE THE CIT (A) WITH ALL THE NECESSARY DE TAILS DURING THE APPELLATE HEARINGS AND CO-OPERATE FOR EARLY HEARING OF THE APPEAL. ITA NO.62 OF 2020 MALOTH RAJU HYDERABAD PAGE 2 OF 2 3. IN THE RESULT, ASSESSEES APPEAL IS ALLOWED FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES. ORDER PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON 9 TH JUNE, 2021. SD/- (P. MADHAVI DEVI) JUDICIAL MEMBER HYDERABAD, DATED 9 TH JUNE, 2021. VINODAN/SPS COPY TO: S.NO ADDRESSES 1 SRI M. RAJU NAIK, 9 - 11 GUNDAM TANDA, DUNDIGAL VILLAGE 500043, TELANGANA 2 INCOME TAX OFFICER WARD 11(4) 9 TH FLOOR, SIGNATURE TOWERS, KONDAPUR, HYDERABAD 3 CIT (A)-5, HYDERABAD 4 PR. CIT 5. HYDERA BAD 5 DR, ITAT HYDERABAD BENCHES 6 GUARD FILE BY ORDER