What did the Tribunal hold?

The Tribunal permitted the assessee to withdraw the appeal. The appeal was dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to the assessee to seek restoration if issues arise with the Vivad Se Vishwas certificate.

The assessee wished to settle the dispute under the Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Act, 2020. The assessee had filed the necessary declarations but had not yet received the certificate from the Designated Authority.

What were the issues?

The primary issue was the assessee's intention to settle the dispute under the Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme and the procedural status of that settlement.

Vinay Kumar Jha vs I.T.O., Ward-63(4) | ITAT Kolkata 2021

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, ‘C(SMC

Before: Shri P.M. Jagtap, Vice-

This appeal filed by the assessee is directed against the order of ld. Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals)-19, Kolkata dated 17.09.2018.

In this case, the ld. Counsel for the assessee submitted that he has decided to settle the dispute involved in the said appeal under the Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Act, 2020 and has duly filed the declarations in Form No. 1 and Form No. 2 but the Designated Authority has not issued the certificate in Form No. 3 as per Section 5(1) of the Scheme so far determining the tax payable by her under the same Scheme.

Assessment Year: 2013-2014 Vinay Kumar Jha

Keeping in view these facts and circumstances of the case including especially the fact that the assessee has duly complied with the necessary requirements under Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme, 2020, I permit the assessee to withdraw this appeal and dismiss the appeal with the liberty to the assessee that in case, there is any problem in issuance of the certificate in Form No. 3 by the Designated Authority or any other such situation making the assessee not eligible to opt for the Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme, 2020, it will have the liberty to approach this Tribunal with a request for restoration of this appeal.

In the result, the appeal filed by the assessee is dismissed as withdrawn. Order pronounced in the open Court on February 22, 2021.

Sd/ (P.M. Jagtap) Vice-President) Kolkata, the 22nd day of February, 2021 Copies to : (1) Vinay Kumar Jha, Flat No.2D, Sankaar Apartment, 8, Lake Range, Kolkata-700026 (2) Income Tax Officer, Ward-63(4), Kolkata, Bamboo Villa, 9th Floor, Room No. 16, 169, A.J.C. Bose Road, Kolkata-700014

VINAY KUMAR JHA,KOLKATA vs. I.T.O.,WARD-63(4), KOLKATA

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