1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION INCOME TAX REFERENCE (L) NO.375 OF 1984 The Commissioner of Income Tax, Bombay ...Applicant. V/s. The Fairdeal Corporation Private Limited ...Respondent. None for the appellant. None for the respondent. CORAM : V.C. DAGA & J.P. DEVADHAR, JJ. DATE : 23RD NOVEMBER 2009 P.C. : 1. None present for the parties. Perused the reference. 2. This matter was called out since the matter was pending in this Court right from the year 1984. Almost more than 25 years have passed. No steps have been taken by the assessee at whose instance the statement of case in his case have been forwarded by the Tribunal. 3. This Court had issued notices to the parties to the reference. They were called upon to take steps by approaching the office of the Prothonotary and Senior Master of this Court and to take steps as required under section 657 of the 2 Bombay High Court (Original Side) Rules, 1980 (“Rules for short) so as to place the reference on board for final disposal since the provision of rule 657 required the person at whose instance reference has been made to take necessary steps to supply paper book. In the event of noncompliance of rule 659, the matters were required to be placed on Board for orders. Order was required to be passed in exercise of powers under rule 660 of the Rules. That is how all these matters are placed on board for orders. 4. Since no steps have been taken by the assessee as required under rules 657 and 658 of the Rules, we have no option but to return the reference unanswered in exercise of powers under rule 657 of the Rules. 7. In the result, the reference is returned unanswered and disposed of accordingly. No order as to costs. (J.P. Devadhar, J.) (V.C. Daga, J.)