Income Tax Appeal: CIT(A) Failed to Address Appellant's Issues in Detail, Violating Section 250(6) Requirements.

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....Ex-parte order passed by CIT-A - Non speaking order - The exercise of the “right to be heard at the hearing of the appeal” by “the appellant, either in person or by an authorized representative condition”, under section 250(2)(a), is not a condition precedent for the disposal of appeal on merits in accordance with the scheme of Section 250(6). In our considered view, irrespective of the non-appearance of the assessee before the CIT(A), the CIT(A) ought to have dealt with the issues so raised by the assessee-appellant on merits and by way of speaking order and in accordance with the law. - AT....