IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL MUMBAI A BENCH MUMBAI BENCHES, MUMBAI BEFORE SHRI R S SYAL, AM & SHRI VIJAY PAL RAO, JM MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION NO. 68/MUM/2012 ARISING FROM ITA NO. 1196/MUM/2009 (ASST YEAR 1997-98 ) MS ARCHANA PARASRAMURIA C/O M/S H N MOTIWALLA & CO CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 508 SHARDA CHAMBERS 33 NEW MARINE LINES MUMBAI 20 VS THE INCOME TAX OFFICER WARD 24(1)(3), MUMBAI (APPLICANT) (RESPONDENT) PAN NO. AEYPP9440D ASSESSEE BY SH H N MOTIWALLA REVENUE BY SH RAJESHWARI DIWIVEDY DT.OF HEARING 8 TH FEB 2013 DT OF PRONOUNCEMENT 8 TH FEB 2013 ORDER PER VIJAY PAL RAO, JM THE ASSESSEE HAS FILED THIS MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATI ON WITH PRAYER TO RECALL THE ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL DATED 20 TH MAY 2011 IN ITA NO. 1196/MUM/2009 WHEREBY THE APPEAL OF THE ASSESSEE WAS DISMISSED FOR NON PROSEC UTION. 2 WE HAVE HEARD THE PARTIES AND CONSIDERED THE AV ERMENTS MADE IN THE AFFIDAVIT FILED ALONG WITH THE APPLICATION. WE ARE SATISFIED THAT THERE WAS REASONABLE CAUSE FOR NON ATTENDANCE OF THE ASSESSEE OR HIS COU NSEL/A.R ON THE DATE OF HEARING WHEN THE APPEAL OF THE ASSESSEE WAS DISMISSED. WE, THEREFORE, IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE RECALL OUR ORDER DATED 20 TH MAY 2011 IN ITA NO. 1196/MUM/2009 AND FIXED THE APPEAL FOR HEARING ON 5 TH MARCH 2013. MA 68/M/2012 . 2 3. SINCE THE DATE OF HEARING WAS PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT IN THE PRESENCE OF BOTH THE PARTIES, THEREFORE, NO SEPARATE NOTICES FOR THE HEARING OF APPEAL WILL BE ISSUED TO THE PARTIES. THE REGISTRY IS DIRECTED TO FIX THE APPEAL ACCORDINGLY FOR HEARING. 4. IN THE RESULT, THE MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION FIL ED BY THE ASSESSEE IS ALLOWED. ORDER PRONOUNCEMENT IN THE OPEN COURT AT THE TIME OF HEARING I.E. ON 8 TH FEB 2013 SD/- SD/- ( R S SYAL ) ACCOUNTANT MEMBER ( VIJAY PAL RAO ) JUDICIAL MEMBER PLACE: MUMBAI : DATED: 8 TH FEB 2013 RAJ* COPY FORWARDED TO: 1 APPELLANT 2 RESPONDENT 3 CIT 4 CIT(A) 5 DR /TRUE COPY/ BY ORDER DY /AR, ITAT, MUMBAI