ACIT, CIRCLE-30, KOLKATA, KOLKATA vs. M/S FOTO INDUSTRIES, KOLKATA

At the time of hearing fixed today in this case, none has appeared on behalf of the assessee. The ld. D.R., however, has very fairly pointed out that the tax effect involved in this appeal of the Revenue is less than the monetary limit fixed by the CBDT vide Circular No. 21/2015 dated 10th December, 2015 at Rs.10,00,000/- for filing the appeal by the Revenue before the Tribunal. In the Circular No. 21/2015 (supra) issued by the CBDT, the monetary limit for filing the appeals by the Revenue before the Tribunal has been increased to Rs.10,00,000/- and as clarified in the said Circular, the said monetary limit is applicable retrospectively even to the appeals pending before the Tribunal. The CBDT has also instructed that such pending appeals below this specified tax limit of Rs.10,00,000/- may be withdrawn/ not pressed. Keeping in view the Assessment Year: 2014-2015 instruction given by the CBDT vide Circular No. 21/2015 dated 10.12.2015, which is squarely applicable in the present case, the appeal filed by the Revenue in this case is treated as withdrawn/not pressed and dismissed accordingly.

In the result, the appeal of the Revenue is dismissed. Order pronounced in the open Court on 27th day of November, 2017.