AMERTRON INCORPORATED v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES COURT OF TAX APPEALS QUEZON CITY SECOND DIVISION AMERTON INCORPORATED, CTA CASE NO. 9893 Petitioner, -versus- COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent. X- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - X ORDER When this case was called for the presentation of the witnesses for the petitioner, only counsels for respondent, Attys. Arlene G. Andal , Joana Q. Bilongilot and Aprilyn T. Pobar, appeared . Counsel for petitioner, Atty . Roy N. Relata , failed to appear despite due notice. Records show that petitioner's counsel was duly notified of today's hearing. Despite due notice, petitioner's counsel failed to appear. Upon this ground , counsels for respondent moved that the case be dismissed for failure to prosecute . Finding merit in the motion , the same is hereby GRANTED. WHEREFORE , the case in caption is hereby DISMISSED for failure to prosecute (Section 3, Rule 17 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended). SO ORDERED. Quezon City, Philippines, March 11, 2019. 9 . c_ c::;l-'~ :f. ~N.M~~-~-~ JUANifO C. CASTANED~, JR. CIELITO N. MINDARO-GRULLA Associate Justice Associate Justice