1 2025:CGHC:47672 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPT No. 140 of 2025 1 - Gurmukh Das Menghani Huf S/o Late Baruno Mal Meghani Aged About 78 Years R/o Opposite Antu Lal Petrol Pump, Tilak Nagar, Devkinandan Chowk, District- Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh- 495001. ... Petitioner versus 1 - Union Of India Through Its Secretary Department Of Revenue, Ministry Of Finance, North Block, New Delhi- 110001 2 - Commissioner Of Income Tax (Appeals) National Faceless Appeal Centre (N.F.A.C.), Delhi 3 - The Principal Chief Commissioner Of Income Tax / (P.C.C.I.T.) (Appeals) National Faceless Appeal Centre (N.F.A.C.), Delhi 4 - National Faceless Assessment Centre / Assessment Unit Income Tax Department. ... Respondent(s) (Cause title taken from Case Information System) For Petitioner : Mr. Siddharth Dubey, Advocate For Respondents : Mr. Ajay Kumrani, Advocate appears on behalf of Mr. Amit Choudhari, Advocate Hon'ble Shri Justice Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi RAVI SHANKAR MANDAVI Digitally signed by RAVI SHANKAR MANDAVI Date: 2025.09.18 11:31:39 +0530 2 Order on Board 17/09/2025 1. The limited grievance of the petitioner is that the petitioner preferred statutory appeal before the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) National Faceless Appeal Centre (NFAC) on 27.03.2023, but the same has not been considered and decided by the competent authority till date. 2. Learned Counsel for the petitioner would submit that a direction may be issued to the Appellate Authority to consider and decide the pending appeal within a stipulated period of time as the appeal was preferred on 27.03.2023. 3. On the other hand, learned counsel appearing for the respondents raised no objection to the submissions advanced by learned counsel for the petitioner. 4. I have heard learned counsel appearing for the parties and have perused the documents annexed with the writ petition. 5. Considering the limited grievance of the petitioner, it would be appropriate to direct the respondent no. 2, i.e., Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) (NFAC) to consider and decide the pending appeal filed in Form No. 35 bearing Acknowledgment No.994681970270323 within a further period of 90 days from the 3 date of receipt of certified copy of this order keeping in mind the fact that the appeal was preferred on 27.03.2023. 6. With aforesaid observations/directions, the writ petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi) Judge Ravi Mandavi