" IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL PUNE BENCHES “A”, PUNE BEFORE DR.MANISH BORAD, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER AND SHRI VINAY BHAMORE, JUDICIAL MEMBER आयकर अपील सं. / ITA No.721/PUN/2025 Assessment Year : 2013-14 Eknath Hiru Patil, House No.70, Wardoli, Post Chikhale, Panvel, Raigad-410206, Maharashtra PAN : BKEPP3393L Vs. Income Tax Officer, Ward-2, Panvel Appellant Respondent आदेश / ORDER PER DR. MANISH BOARD, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER : The captioned appeal at the instance of assessee pertaining to A.Y. 2013-14 is directed against the order dated 31.01.2024 framed by National Faceless Appeal Centre, Delhi arising out of Assessment Order dated 23.09.2021 passed u/s.147 r.w.s.144 r.w.s.144B of the Income Tax Act, 1961. 2. When the case called for, none appeared on behalf of the assessee despite due service of notice of hearing. Even on the previous dates of hearing, i.e. on 09.07.2025 and 24.09.2025, there was no representation from the side of assessee. We therefore proceed to adjudicate the appeal with the assistance of ld. DR and the available records. Appellant by : None Respondent by : Shri Amil Khairnar Date of hearing : 04.12.2025 Date of pronouncement : 09.12.2025 Printed from counselvise.com ITA No.721/PUN/2025 Eknath Hitu Patil 2 3. Registry has informed that there is delay of 351 days in filing of the appeal before this Tribunal. Application for condonation of delay is placed at pages 33 to 35 of the appeal memo set. Ld. Departmental Representative opposed the condonation of delay. We however on perusal of application for condonation of delay notice that the communications by ld.CIT(A) were sent on email ananta013k@gmail.com which as per the assessee belonged to the previous consultant and also that the assessee has clearly mentioned in Form 35 requesting not to send the notice through email. Considering the new technical advancements and various assessees not being well educated to understand these changes such delay has arisen. 4. Having gone through the reasons giving rise to the delay in filing of appeal before ld.CIT(A) we are satisfied that ‘reasonable cause’ prevented the assessee to file the appeal within the stipulated time. We note that the delay is not intentional and assessee would not have gained from filing the appeal with a delay. We therefore in light of judgments of Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of Collector, Land Acquisition, Anantnag & Anr. Vs. Mst. Katiji & Ors. reported in (1987) 2 SCC 107 and in the case of Inder Singh Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh judgment dated 21.03.2025 (2025 INSC 382) condone the delay of 351 days in filing of the instant appeal before this Tribunal and admit the appeal for adjudication. 5. We have heard the ld. DR and perused the record placed before us. We on perusal of the impugned order notice that ld.CIT(A) has summarily dismissed the assessee’s appeal by not dealing with merits of the case in detail. Ld. DR supported the order of ld.CIT(A). Printed from counselvise.com ITA No.721/PUN/2025 Eknath Hitu Patil 3 6. We observe that the assessee is an individual and did not file return of income for A.Y. 2013-14. Even though valid notices u/s.148 and 142(2) of the Act were served upon the assessee, however, assessee did not filed any reply/submissions in compliance to notice u/s.148 of the Act and has not participated in the assessment proceedings as a result of which ld. AO based on information regarding sale consideration received by the assessee at ₹53,20,000 from sale of immovable property made an addition under the head short term capital gain and assessed the income at ₹53,20,000. Assessee preferred appeal before ld.CIT(A) stating that he is a farmer and owns Agricultural land and carrying out the Agricultural activity and that the land in question is 13 kms away from Municipal Corporation. However, except the statement of facts no further submissions were filed by the assessee as a result ld.CIT(A) has affirmed the addition made by Assessing Officer. 7. We on perusal of the records notice that the assessee has filed certain documents placed in the appeal set from pages 26 to 29 exhibiting the Agricultural land owned by the assessee. In the grounds of appeal, assessee has claimed that the information available on insight portal for sale of immovable property is with regard to the Agricultural land which does not fall in the category of capital asset and therefore the gain, if any arising from sale of such immovable property is not liable to be taxed. Considering the grounds of appeal raised by the assessee as well as the papers filed in the appeal memo set, we deem it appropriate that the issues deserves to be remitted back to the file of ld. Jurisdictional Assessing Officer for Printed from counselvise.com ITA No.721/PUN/2025 Eknath Hitu Patil 4 carrying out denovo assessment proceedings and on due consideration of the details to be filed by the assessee ld. JAO shall decide in accordance with law. Needless to mention that ld.JAO shall afford reasonable opportunity to the assessee in the set aside proceedings. Assessee is directed to update latest email id and contact detail on ITBA portal. Assessee is also directed to remain vigilant and not to take adjournment unless otherwise required for reasonable cause. Impugned order is set aside and effective grounds of appeal raised by the assessee are allowed for statistical purposes. 8. In the result, the appeal filed by the assessee is allowed for statistical purposes. Order pronounced on this 09th day of December, 2025. Sd/- Sd/- (VINAY BHAMORE) (MANISH BORAD) JUDICIAL MEMBER ACCOUNTANT MEMBER पुणे / Pune; \u0001दनांक / Dated : 09th December, 2025. Satish आदेश क\u0002 \u0003ितिलिप अ ेिषत / Copy of the Order forwarded to : 1. अपीलाथ / The Appellant. 2. \u000eयथ / The Respondent. 3. The Pr. CIT concerned. 4. िवभागीय ितिनिध, आयकर अपीलीय अिधकरण, “A” ब\u0014च, पुणे / DR, ITAT, “A” Bench, Pune. 5. गाड\u0004 फ़ाइल / Guard File. आदेशानुसार / BY ORDER, // True Copy // Assistant Registrar, आयकर अपीलीय अिधकरण, पुणे / ITAT, Pune. Printed from counselvise.com "