TRG PHILIPPINES INC. v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES COURT OF TAX APPEALS Quezon City SECOND DIVISION TRG PHILIPPINES, INC., CTA CASE NO. 8157 Petitioner, Members: -versus- CASTANEDA, JR., Chairperson. CASANOVA, and COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL MINDARO-GRULLA, JJ,. REVENUE, Promulgated: Respondent. SEP 0 7 2011 @ <f� ~ P,/VJ . � X- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -X RESOLUTION When this case was called for the continuation of the presentation of evidence for the petitioner on September 7, 2011 , only counsel for the respondent, Atty. Ma. Lourdes S. Burgos, appeared. Counsel for the petitioner, Atty. Ian B. Lapinid, failed to appear despite notice. Petitioner filed an "Urgent Motion To Reset Hearing" on September 6, 2011. The Court denied the said motion for lack of merit. Due to the absence of petitioner's counsel in today's hearing, and considering that petitioner was already given a final warning during the hearing on June 13, 2011 as to any further resetting, Atty. Burgos moved that the case be dismissed. Atty. Burgos further manifested that respondent has not yet received a draft Joint Stipulation of Facts and Issues from the petitioner. The Court granted the said motion. Accordingly, the instant case is hereby dismissed for failure of the petitioner to prosecute. SO ORDERED. Q.c.~e.&.L Q, JUANi:TO C. CASTANEu#,JR. Associate Justice CAESAR~SANOVA ~ N..M....:~-6~ Associate Justice CIELITO N. MINDARO-GRUL-LA Associate Justice