https://thetaxtalk.com/2019/05/an-appeal-wrongly-filed-before-the-ao-and-not-cita-is-an-unintentional-lapse-of-the-assessee-and-delay-need-to-be-condoned/
An appeal wrongly filed before the AO and not CIT(A) is an unintentional lapse of the assessee and delay need to be condoned.