1 IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL LUCKNOW BENCH A, LUCKNOW BEFORE SHRI SUNIL KUMAR YADAV, JUDICIAL MEMBER AND SHRI A.K. GARODIA, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER ITA NOS.765 & 766/LKW/2015 ASSESSMENT YEARS 2010-11 & 2011-12 M/S M.S. RICE INDUSTRIES PVT. LTD. KHUTAR ROAD, BANDA, SHAHJAHANPUR PAN AAFCM 5515 Q VS ASSTT. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, CENTRAL CIRCLE-II, LUCKNOW SHRI AMIT NIGAM, DR APPELLANT BY NONE RESPONDENT BY 01/02/2016 DATE OF HEARING 04 / 0 2 /201 6 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT O R D E R PER SUNIL KUMAR YADAV, JM. THESE APPEALS ARE FILED BY THE REVENUE AGAINST THE COMMON ORDER OF LD. CIT(A)-III, LUCKNOW. DURING THE COURSE OF HEARING, LD. COUNSEL FOR THE ASSESSEE HAS INVITED OUR ATTENTION TO THE CIRCULAR OF THE CBDT BEARING NO. 21 OF 2015 DATED 10 TH DECEMBER, 2015 IN WHICH THE CBDT HAS TAKEN A DECISION TO WITHDRAW ALL THE APPEALS FILED BY THE R EVENUE IN WHICH TAX EFFECT INVOLVED IS LESS THAN RS.10 LAC, WITH THE SUBMISSIO N THAT IN THE LIGHT OF THE CIRCULAR/INSTRUCTION THESE APPEALS OF THE REVENUE B E DISMISSED. 2. ON A CAREFUL PERUSAL OF THE GROUNDS OF APPEALS, RAISED IN THESE APPEALS, WE FIND THAT THE TAX EFFECT INVOLVED IN TH ESE APPEALS ARE LESS THAN RS.10 LAC THEREFORE, THESE APPEALS OF THE REVENUE A RE NOT MAINTAINABLE IN VIEW OF THE AFORESAID CIRCULAR OF CBDT. THOUGH THE REVENUE WAS DIRECTED BY THE BOARD TO WITHDRAW THESE APPEALS BUT NO STEPS HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY 2 THE REVENUE TILL DATE. WE, THEREFORE, ARE OF THE V IEW THAT THESE APPEALS OF THE REVENUE ARE NOT MAINTAINABLE IN THE LIGHT OF TH E AFORESAID CIRCULAR OF CBDT AND THEREFORE, WE DISMISS THE SAME BEING NOT M AINTAINABLE. 3. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEALS OF THE REVENUE STAND DISMISSED. (ORDER WAS PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON THE DAT E MENTIONED ON THE CAPTION PAGE) SD/- SD/- [A. K. GARODIA] [SUNIL KUMAR YADAV] ACCOUNTANT MEMBER JUDICIAL MEMBER DATED 4 TH FEBRUARY, 2016 AKS COPY OF THE ORDER FORWARDED TO : 1.THE APPELLANT 2.THE RESPONDENT. 3.CONCERNED CIT 4.THE CIT(A) 5.D.R., I.T.A.T., LUCKNOW ASSTT. REGI STRAR