ITAT BENCHES

STANDING ORDER UNDER INCOME TAX 
(APPELLATE TRIBUNAL) RULES, 1963


In pursuance of sub-rule (1) of rule 4 of rule 4 of the Income-tax (Appellate Tribunal) Rules, 1963, and in supersession of Standing Order No. 1 of 1987, dated the 17th July, 1987, as amended from time to time till date, it is hereby directed that subject to any special order, all appeals and applications from the Districts, States and Union Territories specified in Column 3 shall, with effect from 1st October, 1997, be heard and determined by the Benches specified in Column 2 of the Table below :

S. No
Name & Number of Bench(es)
Districts/States/Union Territories
Telephone Nos
1 Agra Bench (1)
  • Districts of Agra, Aligarh, Etah, Etawah, Farrukhabad, Firozabad, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Mahamayanagar, Mainpuri and Mathura of Uttar Pradesh.
  • Bhind, Datia, Guna, Gwalior, Morena and Shivpuri Districts of Madhya Pradesh.
2 Ahmedabad Benches (3)
  • Gujarat (excluding the Districts of Amreli, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Junagarh, Kachchh, Rajkot and Surendernagar).
  • Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
  • Territory of Daman of the Union Territory of Daman & Diu.
3 Allahabad Benches (2)
  • Uttar Pradesh (excluding the Districts of Agra, Aligarh, Almora, Budaun, Bareilly, Bijnor, Bulandshahr, Chamoli, Dehradun, Etah, Etawah, Farrukhabad, Firozabad, Gautam Budh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Haridwar, Jalaun, Jhansi, Jyotiba Rao Phule Nagar, Lalitpur, Mahamayanagar, Mainpuri, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffar Nagar, Nainital, Pauri Garhwal, Pilibhit, Pithoragarh, Rampur, Shaharanpur, Tehri-Garhwal, Udham Singh Nagar and Uttarkashi).
4 Amritsar Bench (1)
  • Districts of Amritsar, Bhatinda, Faridkot, Firozpur, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar and Kapurthala of Punjab.
  • State of Jammu & Kashmir.
5 Bangalore Benches (3)
  • Karnataka (excluding the District of Belgaum).
6 Calcutta Benches (5)
  • West Bengal
  • Sikkim
  • Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
7 Chandigarh Benches (2)
  • Punjab (excluding the Districts of Amritsar, Bhatinda, Faridkot, Firozpur, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar and Kapurthala).
  • Haryana (excluding the Districts of Bhiwani, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Hissar, Jhajjar, Karnal, Mohindergarh, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak and Sonepat).
  • Himachal Pradesh.
  • Union Territory of Chandigrah.
8 Chennai Benches (4)
  • Tamil Nadu.
  • Union Territory of Pondicherry excluding Mahe.
9 Cochin Bench (1)
  • Kerala
  • Union Territories of Lakshadweep, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands.
  • Mahe of the Union Territory of Pondicherry.
10 Cuttack Bench (1)
  • Orissa
11 Delhi Bench (7)
  • National Capital Territory of Delhi.
  • Districts of Bhiwani, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Hissar, Jhajjar, Karnal, Mohindergarh, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak and Sonepat of Haryana.
  • Districts of Almora, Budaun, Bareilly, Bijnor, Bulandshahr, Chamoli, Dehradun, Gautam Budh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Haridwar, Jyotiba Rao Phule Nagar, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffar Nagar, Nainital, Pauri-Garhwal, Pilibhit, Pithoragarh, Rampur, Saharanpur, Tehri-Garhwal, Udham Singh Nagar and Uttarkashi of Uttar Pradesh.
12 Guwahati Bench (1)
  • Arunachal Pradesh
  • Assam
  • Manipur
  • Meghalaya
  • Mizoram
  • Nagaland
  • Tripura
13 Hyderabad Benches (2)
  • Andhra Pradesh (excluding the Districts of East Godavari, West Godavari, Guntur, Krishna, Srikakulam, Vishakhapatnam and Vizianagaram).
14 Indore Bench (1)
  • Districts of Bhopal, Dewas, Dhar, Indore, Jhabua, Khandwa, Khargon, Mandsaur, Raisen, Rajgarh, Ratlam, Sehore, Shajapur, Ujjain and Vidisha of Madhya Pradesh.
15 Jabalpur Bench (1)
  • Madhya Pradesh (excluding the Districts of Bastar, Bhind, Bhopal, Datia, Dewas, Dhar, Durg, Guna, Gwalior, Indore, Jhabua, Khandwa, Khargon, Mandsaur, Morena, Raipur, Raisen, Rajgarh, Rajnandgaon, Ratlam, Sehore, Shajapur, Shivpuri, Ujjain and Vidisha).
16 Jaipur Bench (1)
  • Rajasthan (excluding the District of Banswara, Barmer, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Chittorgarh, Churu, Dungarpur, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jodhpur, Nagaur, Pali, Rajsamand, Sirohi, Sriganganagar and Udaipur).
17 Jodhpur Bench (1)
  • Districts of Banswara, Barmer, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Chittorgarh, Churu, Dungarpur, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jodhpur, Nagaur, Pali, Rajasamand, Sirohi, Sriganganagar and Udaipur of Rajasthan.
18 Mumbai Benches (10)
  • Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban and Thane Districts of Maharashtr
19 Nagpur Bench (1)
  • Bhandara, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Nagpur and Wardha Districts of Maharashtra.
  • Bastar, Durg, Raipur and Rajnandgaon Districts of Madhya Pradesh.
20 Panaji Bench (1)
  • Goa
  • Belgaum District of Karnataka.
21 Patna Bench (1)
  • Bihar
22 Pune Bench (1)
  • Maharashtra (excluding the Districts of Bhandara, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, Nagpur, Thane and Wardha)
23 Rajkot Bench (1)
  • Districts of Amreli, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Junagarh, Kachchh, Rajkot and Surendernagar of Gujarat.
  • Territory of Diu of the Union Territory of Daman & Diu.
24 Vishakhapatnam Bench (1)
  • Districts of East Godavari, West Godavari, Guntur, Krishna, Srikakulam, Vishakhapatnam and Vizianagaram of Andhra Pradesh.
  • All pending appeals and applications, except those in which orders have been reserved after hearing, will be governed by the above order. Appeals and applications already fixed for hearing will be heard by the Bench before which they are so fixed.
  • It is further directed that the reference applications, arising out of the orders passed by the Bench wherefrom the jurisdiction is transferred, shall be heard and decided by the Bench to which the jurisdiction now stands transferred.
  • The ordinary jurisdiction of the Bench will be determined not by the place of business or residence of the assessee but by the location of the office of the Assessing Officer.
  • All appeals and applications pertaining to the Rajkot, Panaji, Vishakhapatnam, Agra and Jodhpur Benches shall, however, be received at the Ahmedabad, Pune, Hyderabad, Delhi and Jaipur Benches respectively till the abovesaid newly created Benches become functional. All such appeals and applications shall be separately registered / entered in the relevant registers, meant for these newly created Benches, and shall be handed over to the concerned Bench(es) as and when the said Bench(es) become(s) functional.

Notification No. F.No. 63-Ad (AT)/97, dated 16-9-1997.


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