IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL DELHI BENCH A : NEW DELHI (THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCING) BEFORE SHRI G.S. PANNU, VICE PRESIDENT AND SHRI K. NARASIMHA CHARY , JUDICIAL MEMBER ITA NO. 5388/DEL/2013 ASSESSMENT YEAR : 2009-10 DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, C/O CHIEF ACCOUNTS OFFICER, VIKAS BHAWAN, INA, NEW DELHI 23 (PAN: AAALD0031A) VS. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF INCOME TAX (EXEMPTION), TRUST CIRCLE-II, PRATYAKASH KAR BHAWAN, E-2, CIVIC CENTRE, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI 2 (APPELLANT) (RESPONDENT) ITA NO. 6895/DEL/2018 ASSESSMENT YEAR : 2015-16 DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, ROOM NO. 205, B-BLOCK, VIKAS SADAN, INA, NEW DELHI 23 (PAN: AAALD0031A) VS. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (E), CIRCLE-1(1), NEW DELHI (APPELLANT) (RESPONDENT) 2 APPELLANT BY : NONE RESPONDENT BY : SH. M. BARANWAL, SR. DR. DATE OF HEARING : 12.03.2021 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT : 12.03.2021 ORDER PER G.S. PANNU, VP : THESE APPEALS BY THE ASSESSEE FOR THE ASSESSMENT YE ARS 2009-10 & 2015-16 ARE DIRECTED AGAINST THE RESPECTIVE ORDERS OF LEARNED CIT(A)-XXI, NEW DELHI AS WELL AS LD. CIT(A)-40, NEW DELHI. 2. NONE APPEARED ON BEHALF OF THE ASSESSEE BEFORE US AT THE TIME OF VIRTUAL HEARING. HOWEVER, THE ASSESSEES CHIEF ACCO UNTS OFFICER VIDE HER SEPARATE LETTERS DATED 01.03.2021 HAS REQUESTED FOR WITHD RAWAL OF THE APPEALS FILED BY THE ASSESSEE AND STATED THAT THE A SSESSEE HAS OPTED TO SETTLE THE DISPUTE RELATING TO THE TAX ARREARS FOR THE ASSESSMENT YEARS UNDER CONSIDERATION UNDER THE VIVAD SE VISHWAS SCHEME, 2020. A CERTIFICATE TO THIS EFFECT UNDER SECTION 5(1) OF THE DIRECT TAX VIVAD S E VISHWAS ACT, 2020 HAS ALSO BEEN FILED IN BOTH THE APPEALS. 3. LEARNED SENIOR DR HAS NO OBJECTION. 4. IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE, WE ACCEPT THE REQUEST OF TH E ASSESSEE FOR WITHDRAWAL OF THE AFORESAID APPEALS. 3 5. IN THE RESULT, BOTH THE APPEALS OF THE ASSESSEE A RE DISMISSED AS WITHDRAWN. ABOVE DECISION WAS PRONOUNCED ON CONCLUSION OF VIRTU AL HEARING ON 12 MARCH, 2021. SD/- SD/- ( K. NARASIMHA CHARY ) (G.S. PANNU) JUDICIAL MEMBER VICE PRESIDENT SRB COPY FORWARDED TO: - 1. APPELLANT . 2. RESPONDENT. 3. CIT 4. CIT(A) 5. DR, ITAT ASSISTANT REGISTRAR 4