IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7158 of 2010 1. RAJIV RANJAN S/O DR. BRAJ NANDAN SHARMA 2. DR. BRIJ NANDAN SHARMA S/O LATE SATYA NARAYAN THAKUR 3. LALITA SHARMA @ LALITA KUMARI W/O DR. BRIJ NANDAN SHARMA, all residents of 32, JAGAT APARTMENT, BANK ROAD, P.S.- GANDHI MAIDAN, AT AND DISTT.- PATNA … Petitioners Versus 1. THE UNION OF INDIA THROUGH SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, NEW DELHI 2. THE PRESIDENT, THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, LOK NAYAK BHAWAN, NDMC COMPLEX, KHAN MARKET, NEW DELHI 3. THE INCOME-TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, PATNA BENCH, CENTRAL REVENUE BUILDING (5TH FLOOR), BEER CHAND PATEL PATH, PATNA … Respondents. ----------- 2. 23.4.2010 Heard Mr. Alok Kumar Sinha, learned counsel for the petitioners and Miss. Kalpana, learned Standing counsel for the respondents. The only grievance of the petitioners is that three appeals, namely, Appeal Nos. IT(SS)No. 01(Pat)/08, IT(SS)No. 02/Pat/08 and IT(SS)No. 03/Pat/08 are pending for a long time. It is contended that though the appeals are bearing the number 2008 but they were in fact filed in the year 1997 and they have been assigned new numbers. A reference has been made to the Income-tax (Appellate 2 Tribunal) Rules, 1963. Having heard learned counsel for the parties without entering into the niceties of the assertions and the asseverations we are only inclined to direct the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Patna Bench to dispose of the aforesaid appeals in quite promptitude, preferably, by giving priority. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. (Dipak Misra,C.J.) (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/