IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL DELHI BENCH : SMC : NEW DELHI BEFORE SHRI R.K. PANDA, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER ITA NO.7822/DEL/2017 ASSESSMENT YEAR: 2009-10 ITO, WARD 1(1), NOIDA. VS. AMIT AGARWAL, FLAT NO.265A, GANGA APARTMENT, SECTOR-29, NOIDA. PAN: AFHPA0412L (APPELLANT) (RESPONDENT) ASSESSEE BY : SHRI SANJAY KUMAR, CA REVENUE BY : SHRI S.L. ANURAGI, SR. DR DATE OF HEARING : 20.02.2019 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT : 20.02.2019 ORDER THIS APPEAL FILED BY THE REVENUE IS DIRECTED AGAINS T THE ORDER DATED 30 TH JUNE, 2017 OF THE CIT(A), NOIDA, RELATING TO ASSESSMENT Y EAR 2009-10. 2. THE LD. AR, AT THE OUTSET, SUBMITTED THAT THE TAX EFFECT INVOLVED IN THE GROUND RAISED BY THE REVENUE IS BELOW RS.20 LAC AND, THERE FORE, IN VIEW OF THE RECENT CBDT CIRCULAR NO.03/2018 DATED 11 TH JULY, 2018, THE APPEAL FILED BY THE REVENUE IS NOT MAINTAINABLE AND HAS TO BE DISMISSED. THE LD. DR F AIRLY CONCEDED THAT THE TAX EFFECT INVOLVED IN THE GROUND RAISED BY THE REVENUE IS, AD MITTEDLY, BELOW RS.20 LAC. I, THEREFORE, HOLD THAT THE APPEAL FILED BY THE REVENU E IS NOT MAINTAINABLE IN VIEW OF THE ITA NO.7822/DEL/2017 2 CBDT CIRCULAR NO.03/2018 DATED 11 TH JULY, 2018 WHICH IS APPLICABLE EVEN TO PENDING APPEALS. HOWEVER, IF THE REVENUE, AT ANY POINT OF TIME, FINDS THAT THE CASE OF THE REVENUE FALLS UNDER ANY OF THE CLAUSES AS PER AMEND ED PARA 10 OF THE SAID CIRCULAR, VIDE NOTIFICATION DATED 20 TH AUGUST, 2018, THE REVENUE IS AT LIBERTY TO FILE MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION FOR REVIVAL OF THE APPEAL . THE APPEAL FILED BY THE REVENUE IS, ACCORDINGLY, DISMISSED. 3. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL FILED BY THE REV ENUE IS DISMISSED. THE DECISION WAS PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON 2 0.02.2019 AT THE TIME OF HEARING ITSELF. SD/- ( R.K. PANDA) ACCOUNTANT MEMFBE R DATED: 20 TH FEBRUARY, 2019 DK COPY FORWARDED TO 1. APPELLANT 2. RESPONDENT 3. CIT 4. CIT(A) 5. DR ASSTT. REGISTRAR, ITAT, NEW DELHI