DCIT, New Delhi V. Sh. Pankaj Kumar Anand, Delhi

ITA 739/DEL/2013

• Counselvise Citation: [2016] 132 COUNSELVISE.COM (IT) 6935 (ITAT-DELHI)
• Duration Of Justice: 3 year(s) 5 month(s) 15 day(s)
• Appeal Type: Income Tax Appeal
• Pronouncement Date: 22-07-2016
• Appeal Filed By: Department
• Order Result: Dismissed
• Bench Allotted: F
• Next Hearing Date: 14-07-2016
• Assessment Year: 2009-2010
• Appeal Filed On: 06-02-2013
• Result in Favour of: Assessee
• Court: TRIBUNAL
• Department Lawyers: V R SONBHADRA
• Assessee Lawyers: N O N E
• Keywords: Tax effect

Judgement Text

IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, DELHI BENCH F NEW DELHI BEFORE : SHRI I.C. SUDHIR, JUDICIAL MEMBER & SHRI L.P. SAHU, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER ITA NO. 739/DEL./2013 ASSTT. YEAR : 2009 - 10 DCIT, CIRCLE 37(1), VS. SH. PANKAJ KUMAR ANAND, NEW DELHI. 4/6 4/7, 1 ST FLOOR, RACQUET COURT ROAD, CIVIL LINES, DELHI [PAN: ABVPA 0738 R] (APPELLANT) (RESPONDENTS) APPELLANT BY : SH. V.R. SONBHADRA, SR. DR RESPONDENT BY : N ONE DATE OF HEARING : 14.07.2016 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT : 22 .07.2016 ORDER PER L.P. SAHU, A.M. : IT IS APPARENT FROM RECORD THAT THE PRESENT APPEAL HAS BEEN PREFERRED BY THE REVENUE AGAINST THE ACTION OF THE LD. CIT(A) - XXVIII, NEW DELHI ORDER DATED 12.12.2012 WHEREBY HE HAS DELETED THE ADDITIONS AS ENUMERATED IN THE GROUNDS OF APPEAL BEFORE US, THE TAX EFFECT ON WHICH COMES BELOW RS.10 LACS. UNDISPUTEDLY, THE PRESENT APPEAL HAS BEEN PREFERRED BY THE REVENUE IN VIOLATION OF CBDT CIRCULAR N O. 21/2015 DATED 10.12.2015, WHEREIN THE PECUNIARY LIMIT FOR PREFERRING THE APPEAL BY THE REVENUE BEFORE THE ITAT HAS BEEN PRESCRIBED BEYOND RS.10 LACS. THE ABOVE CIRCULAR ON PECUNIARY LIMIT HAS NOW STATUTORY FORCE WITHIN THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 268A OF THE IT ACT, HENCE, THE PRESENT APPEAL IS NOT MAINTAINABLE. ITA NO. 739 /DEL./201 3 2 2. THE LD. DR REQUESTED THAT WHILE DISMISSING THE APPEAL AS NOT MAINTAINABLE, IT MAY BE MADE CLEAR THAT THE PRESENT ORDER WILL HAVE NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. 3. IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE DISCUSSION, THE PRESENT APPEAL PREFERRED BY THE REVENUE IN VIOLATION OF CBDT CIRCULAR NO. 21/2015 (SUPRA) IS NOT MAINTAINABLE AND HENCE, THE SAME IS DISMISSED AS SUCH MAKING IT CLEAR THAT SINCE THE PRESENT APPEAL HAS NOT BEEN DISPOSED OF ON MERITS OF THE APPEAL, BUT DUE T O ABOVE REASON, IT WILL HAVE NO ANY JUDICIAL PRECEDENCE. 4. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL IS DISMISSED AS NOT MAINTAINABLE. ORDER PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON 22.07.2016 . SD/ - SD/ - (I.C. SUDHIR) (L.P. SAHU) JUDICIAL MEMBER ACCOUNTANT MEMBER DATED : *AKS/ - COPY OF ORDER FORWARDED TO: (1) THE APPELLANT (2) THE RESPONDENT (3) COMMISSIONER (4) CIT(A) (5) DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVE (6) GUARD FILE BY ORDER ASSISTANT. REGISTRAR INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL DELHI BENCHES, NEW DELHI