Deferment of appeal filing requires an Assessing Officer's application in Form 8A identifying identical questions of law and related cases. An application to defer filing of an appeal before the Appellate Tribunal or the jurisdictional High Court must be made in Form No. 8A by the Assessing Officer; the Form requires appellant and respondent details, assessment year, declared income, particulars of the order (section and sub-section, dates), the authority passing the order, the State and District of the jurisdictional Assessing Officer, the specific questions of law sought to be deferred with total tax effect, details of other cases relied upon, the due date for filing under the deferment provision, and a certification and verification that the questions of law are identical and pending in the relevant higher forum.