ITA NO. 6498/MUM/2018 ASSESSMENT Y EAR: 2014 - 15 PAGE 1 OF 2 IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL MUMBAI D BENCH, MUMBAI [CORAM : JUSTICE P. P. BHATT (PRESIDENT) AND PRAMOD KUMAR (VICE PRESIDENT) ] ITA NO. 6498/MUM/2018 ASSESSMENT Y EAR: 2014 - 15 DARPAN THAKURDAS BANGEJA .APPELLANT C/O. RCS & ASSOCIATES 1307, MAYURESH COSMOS TOWERS, SAROVAR VIHAR ROAD, SECTOR 11, CBD BELAPUR, NAVI MUMBAI - 400 614 [PAN: AJFPB 0749 K ] VS ITO - WARD - 1 PANVEL. ..........RESPONDENT APPEARANCES BY NONE FOR T HE AP P ELLANT BHARAT ANDHALE ............ FOR THE RESPONDENT DATE OF CONCLUDING THE HEARING : DECEMBER 22 ND , 2020 DATE OF PRONOUNC EMENT : DECEMBER 22 ND , 2020 O R D E R PER BENCH: 1. BY WAY OF THIS APPEAL, THE ASSESSEE APPELLANT HAS CALLED INTO QUESTION CORRECTNESS OF THE ORDER DATED 27.09.2018 PASSED BY THE LEARNED CIT(A) - 2, THANE IN THE MATTER OF ASSESSMENT U/S.143(3) OF THE INCOME TAX ACT, 1961, FOR THE ASSESSMENT YEAR 2014 - 15. 2. WHEN THIS APPEAL WAS CALLED OUT FOR HEARING, IT IS NOTICED THAT THE ASSESSEE HAS FILED THE NECESSARY DECLARATION UNDER DIRECT TAX VIVAD SE VISHWAS ACT, 2020 (ACT 3 OF 2020) AND IS AWAITING FOR FINAL RESOLUTION OF THE MATTER UNDER THE SAID SCHEME. 3. THE LD. DR ALSO DID ACCEPT OUR SUGGESTION THAT THIS APPEAL CAN BE DISMISSED, WITH THE LIBERTY TO THE ASSESSEE TO APPROACH THE TRIBUNAL, IF FOR SOME UNFORESEEN REASON, THERE ARE ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO SETTLEMENT OF THE MATTER UNDER VIVAD SE VISHWAS SCHEME, 2020 . ITA NO. 6498/MUM/2018 ASSESSMENT Y EAR: 2014 - 15 PAGE 2 OF 2 4. IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE, WE DISMISS THE APPEAL AS WITHDRAWN, SUBJECT TO BE RIDER THAT IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF MATTER NOT BEING RESOLVED UNDER THE VIVAD SE VISHWAS SCHEME , THE ASSESSEE SHALL HAVE LIBERTY TO APPROACH THE TRIBUNAL FOR RESTORATION OF HIS A PPEAL. 5. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL IS DISMISSED AS WITHDRAWN SUBJECT TO THE OBSERVATION ABOVE. PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT TODAY ON THE 22 ND DECEMBER, 2020 . SD/ - SD/ - JUSTICE P. P. BHATT PRAMOD KUMAR ( PRESIDENT ) (VICE PRESIDENT) MUMBAI , D ATED THE 22 ND DAY OF DECEMBER , 2020 ROSHANI, SR. PS COPIES TO : (1) THE APPLICANT (2) THE RESPONDEN T (3) CIT (4) CIT(A) (5) DR (6) GUARD FILE BY ORDER TRUE COPY ASSISTANT REGISTRAR INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL MUMBAI BENCHES, MUMBAI