CHEVRON HOLDINGS INC. [formerly CALTEX (ASIA) LIMITED] v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES COURT OF TAX APPEALS QUEZON CITY SECOND DIVISION CHEVRON HOLDINGS, INC. [formerly Caltex (Asia) Limited ], Petitioner, - versus - C.T.A. CASE NO . 8241 COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Members: Respondent . CASTANEDA, JR. , Chairperson ; CASANOVA, and MINDARO-GRULLA, & Promulgated : -Vi ----- AUG 0 4 2011 / X- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --X f:r'V r~ RESOLUTION When this case was called for pre-trial , only counsel for respondent, Atty . Janet L. Martinez, appeared . Records show that the Notice of Pre-Trial was received by petitioner's counsel on June 22, 2011 but petitioner's counsel failed to appear. Also, no pre-trial brief for petitioner was filed. Consequently, counsel for respondent moved that the case be dismissed. Finding merit in the motion , the same is hereby GRANTED . WHEREFORE , the case in caption is hereby DISMISSED for failure of petitioner to appear at the pre-trial and for its failure to file its pre-trial brief (Sections 5 &6, Rule 18 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended). SO ORDERE D. JIJK0N-IrTt:fC'..CCAWSTtA'N~E~D~JQR,. Associate Justice CAESAR A. CASANOVA CM.tit; N..Mi...'N- - ~ CIELITO N. MINDARO-GRULLA Associate Justice Associate Justice