1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION INCOME TAX REFERENCE (L) Nos. Name of the Appellant Name of the Respondent 658/1982 M/s.Apeego Corporation The CIT, Bombay City VIII 732/1982 Samir Diamond Exports P. Limited The CIT, Central – II, B’bay 873/1982 Lucknow Chikan House The CIT, Bombay City VII 887/1982 Indian Rubber Regeneration Co. Limited The CIT, Central II, Bombay 888/1982 Indian National Press Bombay Limited The CIT, Bombay City VI 900/1982 The Hukumchand Mills Limited The CIT, Bombay City VI 944/1982 Essma Textiles Private Limited The CIT, Bombay City III 949/1982 Maharani Vijaya Raje Scindia The CIT, Bombay City II 956/1982 The Hukumchand Mills Limited The CIT, Bombay City VI 964/1982 N.M. Chokshi (Deceased) The CIT, Bombay City VII 973/1982 Thomas Cook Overseas Limited The CIT, Bombay City 996/1982 American President Lines Limited The CIT, Bombay City II 1011/1982 M/s.Indokem Limited The CIT, Bombay City V 1015/1982 M/s.Indofil Chemicals Limited The City, Bombay City VI 1016/1982 M/s.Dhrangadhra Trading Co.Pvt. Limited The CIT, Central II, Bombay 1021/1982 M/s.United Wire Ropes Limited The CIT, Bombay City – IV 1028/1982 M/s.Tulsidar Tahilram (India) The CIT, Bombay City VIII 1035/1982 Venus Eng. Works & Foundry Pvt. Ltd. The CIT, Bombay City IX 333/1990 Indian Carrd Clothing Co. Limited, Mumbai The CIT, Bombay 334/1990 Swastik Household & Industrial Producers Pvt.Ltd. The CIT, Bombay 361/1990 Thomas Cook (I) Limited, Bombay The CIT, Bombay 103/1991 Shri Laxman R. Bandekar, Vasco, Goa The CIT, Karnataka III, 121/1991 The Standard Mills Co. Limited The CIT, Bombay City II 122/1991 Shri Pramod Chakravorty The CIT (Appeals), Bombay 149/1991 Banque Nationale De Paris The CIT, Bombay City III 154/1991 M/s.Dhrangadhra Chemicals Works Ltd., The CIT, Central Circle- II 159/1991 N.C. Shaikh, Ahmednagar The CIT, Nashik 176/1991 M/s.Yerawada Stud & Agricultural Farm CIT – X, Pune 187/1991 US. Vitamin (I) Limited CIT, Bombay 194/1991 H.S. Mamak The CIT, Bombay City XI 195/1991 The Hukumchand Mills Limited The CIT, Bombay City VI 196/1991 The Pravara SSK Limited The CIT, Nashik 2 210/1991 Bhgat Fine Chemicals Private Limited The CIT, Bombay City – IV 217/1991 Bajaj Auto Employees Welfare Fund The CIT, Pune 230/1991 Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corpn. The CIT, Bombay City – III 234/1991 Smt.Pannaben H. Mafatlal The CIT, Bombay City VI 262/1991 Shri D.K. Asrani The CIT, Pune 348/1991 The Premier Automobiles Limited The CIT, Bombay City I 373/1981 Shree Products Limited The CIT, Pune 379/1991 Ms.Shalini H. Mafatlal The CIT, Bombay City VI 383/1991 M/s.Travel Agents Association of India The CIT, Bombay City V 387/1991 The Sangamner Bhag SSK Limited The CIT, Nashik 9/1992 & 62/1992 Estate of H.B. Mafatlal by L/H Mrs.Pannaben H. Mafatlal The CIT, Bombay City VI 11/1992 Mrs.Punnaben H. Mafatlal The CIT, Bombay City VI 42/1992 The New Woodland Coop. Hsg. Soc. Limited The CIT, Bombay City VII 51/1992 Bank of Maharashtra, Pune The CIT, Pune 60/1992 M/s.Hotel Goldwin The CIT, Bombay City VI 64/1992 KEC International Limited The CIT, Central II, Bombay 67/1992 Smt.Shardaben B. Mafatlal The CIT, Bombay City VI 95/1992 M/s.Shah & Shirgaonkar, Kolhapur The CIT, Kolhapur 96/1992 Maharashtra State Bureau of Text Books The CIT, Pune 121/1992 Smt.B. Dubash As Legal Heir of Shri B.K. Dubash The CIT, Bombay City II 136/1992 Mrs.Shardaben B. Mafatlal The CIT, Bombay City VI 150/1992 Mrs.Radhika D. Pandya The CIT, Bombay City VI 155/1992 Mahendra Bros. The CIT, Bombay City VII 157/1992 M/s.Chemicals & Ferro Alloys (P) Limited The CIT, Bombay City – I 166/1992 M/s.Shreyas Investments Limited The CIT, Bombay City III 171/1992 M/s.United Motors (India) Limited The CIT, Bombay City II 172/1992 M/s.Oriental Containers Limited The CIT, Bombay City IV 185/1992 Skefko India Bearing Co. Limited The CIT, Bombay City IV 196/1992 Johnson & Johnson Limited The CIT, Bombay City V 200/1992 M/s.Laxmi Bank Limited (In Liquidation) Nagpur The CIT, Vidarbha, Nagapur 214/1992 M/s.Hariprasad & Sons The CIT, Bombay City IX 217/1992 Padmashri Dr.Vithalrao Vikhe Patel SSK Limited The CIT, Nashik 221/1992 M/s.Mayur Trading Co., Sangli The CIT, Kolhapur 233/1992 The Raymond Woollen Mills Limited The CIT, Bombay City IV 248/1992 M/s.Bhikusa Yamasa Kshatriya Pvt Ltd., Sinnar The CIT, Nashik 3 21/2006 The CIT City – VI, Bombay M/s.D.C. Synthetics P. Limited WEALTH TAX REFERENCE (LODG) 17/2006 The CWT,, City – 1, Mumbai Late Shri O.P. Ralhan 28/2006 The CWT, Central II, Mumbai Shri J.D. Sanghvi, Mumbai WEALTH TAX APPLICATION (LODG) 17/2006 The CWT, Mumabi City VII, Mumbai Shri. Jagdish S. Jhaveri INCOME TAX APPLICATION (LODG) 16/2006 The CIT Rahulkumar Bajaj, Wardha 15/2006 The CIT, Mumbai City VII, Mumbai Shashikant N. Zaveri, Mumbai None for the appellant in all the matters. None for the respondent in all the matters. CORAM : V.C. DAGA & J.P. DEVADHAR, JJ. DATE : 14TH SEPTEMBER 2009 P.C. : 1. None present for the parties. Perused relevant references. 2. All these matters were called out since the matters were pending in this Court right from the years 1982, 1990, 1991, 1992 and some of them are pending since 2006. Almost more than 24 years have passed in some of the matters, whereas in some more than 10 years have passed. No steps have been taken by the assessees / revenue at whose instance the statements of case in their respective cases have been forwarded by the Tribunal. 3. This Court had issued notices to the parties to the references. They were called upon to take steps approaching the office of the Prothonotary and Senior Master of this Court and to take steps as required under section 657 of the Bombay High Court (Original Side) Rules, 1980 (“Rules for short) so as to place the 4 references 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 assessees in either of the matters as required under rules 657 and 658 of the Rules, we have no option but to return all these references unanswered in exercise of powers under rule 659 of the Rules. 5. In the result, all these references / applications are returned unanswered and disposed of accordingly. No order as to costs. (J.P. Devadhar, J.) (V.C. Daga, J.)