IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL DELHI BENCH A: NEW DELHI (THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCING) BEFORE SHRI G.S. PANNU, VICE PRESIDENT AND SHRI SUDHANSHU SRIVASTAVA, JUDICIAL MEMBER ITA NO. 9202/DEL/2019, A. Y. 2015-16 MCKINSEY KNOWLEDGE CENTRE VS. ACIT, INDIA PVT. LTD., CIRCLE-16(2) GURGAON NEW DELHI PAN : AACCM2356G (APPELLANT) (RESPONDENT) APPELLANT BY RESPONDENT BY : NONE : SH. M. BARANWAL, SR.DR DATE OF HEARING : 25.03.2021 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT : 25.03.2021 ORDER PER G.S. PANNU, VP : NONE APPEARED ON BEHALF OF THE ASSESSSEE AT THE TIME OF VIRTUAL HEAR ING. THIS APPEAL BY THE ASSESSEE FOR THE ASSESSMENT YEAR 2015-16 IS DI RECTED AGAINST THE ORDER OF LEARNED ACIT, CIRCLE-16(2), NEW DELHI, DA TED 27.09.2019. 2. THE LEARNED COUNSEL FOR THE ASSESSEE, VIDE ITS LETTER DATED 1 0.03.2021, RECEIVED BY EMAIL, HAS REQUESTED FOR WITHDRAWAL OF THE APPEAL FILE D BY HIM ITA-9202/DEL/2019 2 AND STATED THAT THE ASSESSEE HAS OPTED TO SETTLE THE DISPUTE RELATI NG TO THE TAX ARREARS FOR THE ASSESSMENT YEAR UNDER CONSIDERATION UNDER TH E VIVAD SE VISHWAS SCHEME, 2020. A CERTIFICATE TO THIS EFFECT UNDER SECTION 5(1) OF THE DIRECT TAX VIVAD SE VISHWAS ACT, 2020 HAS ALSO BEEN FILED. 3. LEARNED SENIOR DR HAS NO OBJECTION. 4. IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE, WE ACCEPT THE REQUEST OF THE ASSESSEE FOR WITHDRAWAL OF THE APPEAL. 5. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL OF THE ASSESSEE IS DISMISSED AS WITHDR AWN. ABOVE DECISION WAS ANNOUNCED ON CONCLUSION OF VIRTUAL HEARING ON 25TH MARCH, 2021. SD/- SD/- (SUDHANSHU SRIVASTAVA) (G.S. PANNU) JUDICIAL MEMBER VICE PRESIDENT *BINITA* COPY FORWARDED TO: - 1. APPELLANT 2. RESPONDENT 3. CIT 4. CIT(A) 5. DR, ITAT BY ORDER ASSISTANT REGISTRAR, ITAT, DELHI