W.P.(C) 9465/2025 Page 1 of 2 $~55 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 9465/2025 SURESH KUMAR JAIN .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Mukesh Gupta, Adv. versus ACIT, CIRCLE- 49(1) & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Adv. (appearance not given) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIBHU BAKHRU HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA O R D E R % 10.07.2025 1. The petitioner has filed the present petition, inter alia, praying that directions be issued to the National Faceless Appeal Centre [NFAC] to dispose of the petitioner’s appeal against an assessment order dated 16.12.2019 for assessment year [AY] 2017-18. The said appeal was preferred before the NFAC on 08.01.2020. It is the petitioner’s grievance that more than five years have lapsed but the petitioner’s appeal is yet to be disposed of. 2. The petitioner also states that he had filed his written submissions on 10.05.2022, 17.07.2022 and 05.11.2022, pursuant to the communication received from the NFAC; however, the same have not been taken up. 3. Although we are inclined to issue directions to dispose of the petitioner’s appeal in a time bound manner, we are refraining from passing any such order as we are not aware of the backlog with the concerned This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 15/07/2025 at 11:36:30 W.P.(C) 9465/2025 Page 2 of 2 appellate authority. However, we request the concerned authority to consider the petitioner’s appeal as expeditiously as possible in its own turn. 4. The petition is disposed of in the above terms. VIBHU BAKHRU, J TEJAS KARIA, J JULY 10, 2025 ab This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 15/07/2025 at 11:36:30