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Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, “A” BENCH, AHMEDABAD
Before: SHRI PRAMOD KUMAR, HON’BLE VICE- & SHRI RAJPAL YADAV, HON’BLE
आदेश/O R D E R PER RAJPAL YADAV, JUDICIAL MEMBER
Assessee is in appeal before the Tribunal against order of the ld.CIT(A)-6, Ahmedabad dated 22.11.2018 passed for the Asstt.Year 2015- 16.
In the first ground of appeal, the assessee has pleaded that its appeal was dismissed by the ld.CIT(A) ex parte without providing reasonable opportunity of hearing to the assessee.
2 3. With the assistance of the ld.representatives, we have gone through the record carefully. It emerges out from the record that the ld.CIT(A) has fixed the hearing of the appeal on three occasions, but no-one appeared on behalf of the assessee, and therefore, she dismissed the appeal of the assessee for want of prosecution. In this connection, it is pertinent to take note of sub-section (6) of section 250 of the Income Tax Act, which reads as under:
6) The order of the Commissioner (Appeals) disposing of the appeal shall be in writing and shall state the points for determination, the decision thereon and the reason for the decision.
On perusal of section would indicate that the ld.CIT(A) was required to formulate points in dispute, and thereafter record reasons on such points. Even if the assessee did not participate, the ld.CIT(A) ought to have gone through the assessment record and thereafter formed the point in dispute, and should have recorded reasons in support of her conclusions on those points. The ld.CIT(A) failed to adhere the mandatory procedure, hence her order is not sustainable. We allow this appeal of the assessee and set aside the order of the ld.CIT(A). All the issues are remitted back to the file of the ld.CIT(A) for fresh adjudication. Needless to say, during the set aside proceedings, the assessee shall not indulge in dilatory tactics as a strategy to prolong the proceedings and shall cooperate for adjudication of the issue before the ld.CIT(A) in accordance with law.
In the result, appeal of the assessee is allowed for statistical purpose. Order pronounced in the Court on 26th July, 2019 at Ahmedabad.