1 ITA NO.949/KOL/2019 SHRI NAVIN PARMANANDKA, AY 2013-14 , C , IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL C BENCH: KOLKATA ( ) BEFORE . , /AND . . , ) [BEFORE SHRI J. SUDHAKAR REDDY, AM & SHRI A. T. VARKEY, JM] I.T.A. NO. 949/KOL/2019 ASSESSMENT YEAR: 2013-14 SHRI NAVIN PARMANANDKA (PAN: AINPP1155A) VS. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INCOME-TAX CIRCLE-44, KOLKATA. APPELLANT RESPONDENT DATE OF HEARING (VIRTUAL) 08.01.2021 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT 08.01.2021 FOR THE APPELLANT N O N E FOR THE RESPONDENT SHRI DHRUBOJYOTI ROY, JCIT, SR. DR ORDER PER BENCH: THIS APPEAL PREFERRED BY THE ASSESSEE IS AGAINST THE ORDER OF LD. CIT(A)-13, KOLKATA DATED 01.03.2019 FOR A Y 2013-14. 2. NONE APPEARED ON BEHALF OF THE ASSESSEE. AT THE OUTSET, IT IS NOTICED THAT AN APPLICATION FOR WITHDRAWAL OF APPEAL DATED 17.12.2020 HAS BEEN PLACED IN FILE WHEREIN THE ASSESSEE HAS STATED THAT THE ASSESSEE HAS DECIDED TO OPT FOR DIRECT TAX VIVAD SE VISHWAS SCHEME, 2020 (HEREINAFTER, THE SCHEME). THEREFORE, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE FACT THAT SINCE THE ASSESSEE HAS DECIDED TO OPT FOR THE SCHEME FOR THE AY 2013-14, THERE IS NO POINT IN KEEPING THE IMPUGNED APPEAL PENDING. 3. IN THE LIGHT OF THE AFORESAID DISCUSSION, WE TREAT THIS SUBMISSION OF THE ASSESSEE INFORMING THE TRIBUNAL THE FACT THAT ASSESSEE HAS DECIDED TO OPT FOR THE SAID SCHEME, THEREFORE, WE ALLOW THE ASSESSEE TO WITHDRAW THE IMPUGNED APPEAL. IN CASE, IF THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY AS PER THE SCHEME DOES NOT ACCEPT THE ASSESSEES PROPOSAL TO OPT FOR THE VIVAD SE VISHWAS SCHEME, 2020, THEN THE ASSESSEE IS AT LIBERTY TO MOVE AN APPLICATION FOR RECALLING THIS ORDER. WITH THE AFORESAID CAVEAT, WE ALLOW THE ASSESSEE TO WITHDRAW THE CAPTIONED APPEAL. 2 ITA NO.949/KOL/2019 SHRI NAVIN PARMANANDKA, AY 2013-14 4. NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT OUR AFORESAID ACTION ALLOWING THE ASSESSEE TO WITHDRAW THE APPEAL, WILL NOT COME IN THE WAY OF THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY OF REVENUE TO ACCEPT THE ASSSSEES SAID OPTION/SCHEME FOR AVAILING VIVAD SE VISHWAS SCHEME, 2020. 5. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL OF ASSESSEE IS DISMISSED AS WITHDRAWN. ORDER IS PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT. SD/- SD/- (J. SUDHAKAR REDDY) (A. T. VARKEY) ACCOUNTANT MEMBER JUDICIAL MEMBER DATED: 8 TH JANUARY, 2021 JD.(SR.P.S.) COPY OF THE ORDER FORWARDED TO: 1. APPELLANT SHRI NAVIN PARMANANDKA, C/O TIRUPATI YARN TRADERS, SARASWATI PLAZA, 5 TH FLOOR, 14/3, RUP CHAND ROY STREET, KOLKATA-700 007. 2 RESPONDENT ACIT, CIRCLE-44, KOLKATA. 3. THE CIT(A)- 13, KOLKATA (SENT THROUGH E-MAIL) 4. 5. CIT , KOLKATA DR, KOLKATA BENCHES, KOLKATA (SENT THROUGH E-MAIL) / TRUE COPY, BY ORDER, ASSISTANT REGISTRAR