IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL BENCH A CHENNAI (BEFORE SHRI U.B.S. BEDI, JUDICIAL MEMBER AND SHRI ABRAHAM P. GEORGE, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER) .. I.T.A. NOS. 971 & 972/MDS/2011 ASSESSMENT YEARS : 2005-06 & 2006-07 M/S NOVA WEIGH INDIA LIMITED, L-13, PHASE-II, DR. V.S.I. ESTATE, THIRUVANMIYUR, CHENNAI 600 041. PAN : AAACN2003M (APPELLANT) V. THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, COMPANY CIRCLE IV(4), CHENNAI 600 034. (RESPONDENT) APPELLANT BY : NONE RESPONDENT BY : SHRI SHAJ I P. JACOB O R D E R PER ABRAHAM P. GEORGE, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER : THESE ARE APPEALS FILED BY THE ASSESSEE AGAINST OR DERS DATED 7.4.2011 OF COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (APPEALS)-V, CHENNAI, FOR ASSESSMENT YEARS 2005-06 AND 2006-07. 2. WHEN THE APPEALS WERE CALLED UP FOR HEARING, NON E APPEARED ON BEHALF OF ASSESSEE. ASSESSEE HAS FILED A LETTER SEEKING I.T.A. NOS. 971 & 972/MDS/11 2 ADJOURNMENT STATING THAT ITS COUNSEL IS OUT OF STAT ION. HOWEVER, WE FIND THAT NO AUTHORIZATION HAS BEEN FILED FOR ANY C OUNSEL, BY THE ASSESSEE. HENCE, WE ARE NOT INCLINED TO ACCEPT THE ADJOURNMENT PETITION. WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT THE ASSESSEE IS NOT SERIOUSLY INTERESTED IN PROSECUTING ITS CASE. FOLLOWING THE DECISION OF THE DELHI BENCH OF THE TRIBUNAL IN THE CASE OF CIT V. MULTIPL AN (INDIA) LTD. (38 ITD 320) (DEL.), WE DISMISS THE APPEALS FILED BY TH E ASSESSEE FOR NON- PROSECUTION. 3. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEALS FILED BY THE ASSESSEE ARE DISMISSED. ORDER PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT AFTER CONCLUSION OF HEARING ON THE EIGHTH DAY OF AUGUST, 2011. SD/- SD/- (U.B.S. BEDI) (ABRAHAM P. GEORGE) JUDICIAL MEMBER ACCOUNTANT MEMBER CHENNAI, DATED THE 8 TH AUGUST, 2011. KRI. COPY TO: APPELLANT/RESPONDENT/CIT(A)-V, CHENNAI-34/ CIT, CHENNAI-III, CHENNAI/D.R./GUARD FILE