ITAT Hyderabad Dismisses Appeal Over 10-Year Delay without sufficient cause

Papaiah Pulipati Vs ITO (ITAT Hyderabad) The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Hyderabad, dismissed appeals filed by Papaiah Pulipati due to an inordinate delay of over ten years in approaching the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) [CIT(A)]. The appeals related to Assessment Years (AY) 2010-11 and 2011-12 were delayed by 10 years, 10 months, and 19 days, and 11 years, 3 months, and 5 days, respectively. The appellant also faced a further delay of 35 and 50 days in filing appeals before the ITAT. Despite multiple opportunities, the assessee failed to provide a valid day-to-day explanatio...