IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL B BENCH : BANGALORE BEFORE SHRI N.V. VASUDEVAN, JUDICIAL MEMBER AND SHRI INTURI RAMA RAO, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER ITA NO. 775/BANG/201 7 ASSESSMENT YEAR : 2013 - 14 THE INCOME TAX OFFICER (EXEMPTIONS), WARD 1, MANGALURU. VS. KADIKE MOGAVEERA MAHASABHA, SRI BABBARAYA COMPOUND, POST SASIHITLU, MANGALURU 574 180. PAN: AABAK 8863D APP ELL ANT RESPONDENT APPELLANT BY : SMT. PADMAMEENAKSHI, JT.CIT(DR)(ITAT), BENGALURU. RESPONDENT BY : SHRI S. RAMASUBRAMANIAN, CA DATE OF HEARING : 26.07 .201 8 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT : 14.09. 201 8 O R D E R PER N.V. VASUDEVAN, JUDICIAL MEMBER THIS IS AN APPEAL PREFERRED BY THE REVENUE AGAIN ST THE ORDER DATED 27.02.2017 OF THE CIT(APPEALS), MANGALURU, RELATING TO ASSESSMENT YEAR 2013-14. 2. ADMITTEDLY, THE TAX EFFECT IN THIS APPEAL BY TH E REVENUE IS LESS THAN RS.20 LAKHS. IN VIEW OF THE CBDT CIRCULAR NO.3/201 8 DATED 11.07.2018, THE REVENUE CANNOT FILE APPEALS BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL WHERE THE TAX EFFECT IS LESS THAN RS.20 LAKHS. SINCE THE TAX EFFECT IN THE PRESENT APPEAL IS LESS ITA NO.775/BANG/2017 PAGE 2 OF 2 THAN RS.20 LAKHS, THIS APPEAL OF THE REVENUE IS LIA BLE TO BE DISMISSED AS NOT MAINTAINABLE. ACCORDINGLY, THE APPEAL OF THE REVEN UE IS DISMISSED. 3. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL BY THE REVENUE IS DISM ISSED. PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON THIS 14 TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2018. SD/- SD/- ( INTURI RAMA RAO ) ( N.V. VASUDEVAN ) ACCOUNTANT MEMBER JUDICIAL MEMBER BANGALORE, DATED, THE 14 TH SEPTEMBER, 2018. / D ESAI S MURTHY / COPY TO: 1. APP ELL ANT 2. RESPONDENT 3. CIT 4. CIT(A) 5. DR, ITAT, BANGALORE. 6. GUARD FILE BY ORDER SENIOR PRIVATE SECRETARY ITAT, BANGALORE.