The ITAT has issued a directive dated 15th January 2020 setting out the schedule of Bench non-sitting days during the period January to December 2020. The non-sitting days are on account of the Summer, Diwali and Winter holidays. The dates have been finalized in the light of consultation with the Zonal Vice Presidents.
It is bit ironic that there is a huge backlog of the cases, one third of members are vacant, very few members are capable to dispose the complex matters, rest are only behind the easy disposals like penalties, bogus purchases & covered matters and still these people want to have more holidays. At least make fridays, a regular day, all miscellaneous applications can be posted on regular days before or after regular benches.