ROBERT CHRISTOPHER M. CARMONA, doing business under the name SAGA CASTING AND PRODUCTIONS v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES COURT OF TAX APPEALS QUEZONCI1Y FIRST DNISION ROBERT CHRISTOPHER M. CARMONA, CTA CASE NO. 8484 doing business under the name SAGA CASTING AND PRODUCTIONS, Members: ACOSTA, Chairperson Petitioner, UY, and FABON-VICTORINO,JJ. -versus- During the initial presentation of petitioner's evidence set on December 4, 2012, only respondent's counsel, Atty. Clarissa Virtudes-Babaran, appeared. Petitioner's counsel, Atty. Dianna Kathrina C. Menor failed to appear. Record shows that she filed on December 4, 2012 at 10:03 a.m., an Urgent Ex-Parte Motion for Postponement. Upon manifestation of respondent's counsel, that petitioner failed to appear for three consecutive hearings, September 27, November 6, and December 4, 2012, her motion to dismiss the instant case for failure to prosecute, was GRANTED. Accordingly, the Petition for Review was DISMISSED for failure to prosecute and this case was deemed CLOSED and TERMINATED. The Court observed, however, that the hearing set on November 6, 2012, was cancelled as per Office Order No. 63-2012. SO ORDERED. ~ON LEA.VE EA~~~s.tUicYe ERNESTO D. ACOSTA Presiding Justice