IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL (DELHI BENCH H : NEW DELHI) SHRI RAJPAL YADAV, JUDICIAL MEMBER AND BEFORE SHRI B.C. MEENA, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER ITA NO.871/DEL./2011 (ASSESSMENT YEAR : 2005-06) SHRI TARUN JAIN, VS. ITO, WARD 25 (1), 158, RAJDHANI ENCLAVE, NEW DELHI. PITAMPURA, DELHI 110 034. (PAN : AESPJ3796E) (APPELLANT) (RESPONDENT) ASSESSEE BY : NONE REVENUE BY : MRS. MEETA SINGH, SENIOR DR ORDER PER RAJPAL YADAV, JUDICIAL MEMBER : THIS APPEAL FILED BY THE ASSESSEE EMANATES FROM THE ORDER OF CIT (APPEALS)-XXIV, NEW DELHI DATED 10.12.2010 FOR THE ASSESSMENT YEAR 2005- 06. 2. TODAY, I.E. ON 13.09.2012 WHEN THE CASE WAS CALL ED ON BOARD, NONE APPEARED ON BEHALF OF THE ASSESSEE NOR ANY REQUEST FOR ADJOURNMENT HAS BEEN FILED BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL. NOTICE, FIXING THE APPE AL FOR HEARING ON 13.09.2012, WAS SENT TO THE ASSESSEE ON THE ADDRESS GIVEN ON FO RM NO.36. THE ASSESSEE HAS NOT INTIMATED CHANGE OF ADDRESS, IF ANY, TO THE TRIBUNAL. IT SEEMS THAT THE ITA NO.871/DEL./2011 2 ASSESSEE IS NOT INTERESTED IN PROSECUTING THE APPEA L; HENCE, THE APPEAL FILED BY THE ASSESSEE IS LIABLE TO BE UNADMITTED AND DISMISS ED, FOR NON-PROSECUTION. THE LAWS ASSIST THOSE WHO ARE VIGILANT AND NOT TH OSE WHO SLEEP OVER THEIR RIGHTS. CONSIDERING THESE FACTS AND KEEPING IN MIN D THE PROVISIONS OF RULE 19(2) OF THE ITAT RULES, AS WERE CONSIDERED IN THE CASE OF MULTIPLAN INDIA, REPORTED IN 38 ITD 320 (DEL) AND IN VIEW OF THE DEC ISION OF THE MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT IN THE CASE OF ESTATE OF LATE TU KOJI RAO HOLKAR, REPORTED IN 223 ITR 480, WE DISMISS THIS APPEAL IN LIMINE. THE ASSESSEE, IF SO ADVISED, SHALL BE FREE TO MOVE THIS TRIBUNAL PRAYING FOR RECALLING OF THE ORDER AND EXPLAINING THE REASONS ETC. FOR NON-COMPLIANCE AND IF THE BENCH IS SO SATISFIED ABOUT THE R EASONS ETC., THEN THIS ORDER MAY BE RECALLED. 3. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL OF THE ASSESSE E IS DISMISSED. ORDER PRONOUNCED IN OPEN COURT ON THIS 13 TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2012. SD/- SD/- (B.C. MEENA) (RAJPAL YADAV) ACCOUNTANT MEMBER JUDICIAL MEMBER DATED THE 13 TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2012/TS COPY FORWARDED TO: 1.APPELLANT 2.RESPONDENT 3.CIT 4.CIT(A)-XXIV, NEW DELHI. 5.CIT(ITAT), NEW DELHI. AR, ITAT NEW DELHI.