Court Rules TPO Referral Exceeded Limited Scrutiny Scope; CASS System's Selection Reason Oversimplified.

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....Whether the assessee is right in contending that the assessee's case was selected for a limited scrutiny and the reference to the TPO was beyond the scope of the scrutiny? - We also agree and endorse the finding rendered by the learned Single Bench that the reason for selection of scrutiny by CASS was only for numerical reconciliation is a over simplification of the reason stated for selection. In fact, the learned Single Bench has observed that the officer might have been more detailed in the choice of words employed so as to specifically refer to the issue of total employee cost, however, non-reference to this, is not fatal, as the reason for selection by CASS has been produced and placed on record by the officer while seeking approval of a Principal Commissioner of Income Tax (PCIT) for reference to the TPO. - HC....