TPO correctly recharacterized engineering design services as KPO not BPO, ITAT partially allows comparable selection challenges

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....ITAT upheld TPO's recharacterization of Appellant's engineering design services as Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) rather than Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), finding the services involved highly technical work including 3D modelling, technical specifications, and structural analysis requiring specialized technical staff. Regarding comparable selection, ITAT upheld inclusion of Mahindra Consulting Engineers Ltd despite Appellant's RPT filter objections, but directed exclusion of Genesys International Corporation Ltd and L&T Technologies Services Ltd as functionally dissimilar. ITAT confirmed consultancy charges as operating costs but directed exclusion of goodwill amortization from operating expenses. Capacity utilization adjustment.........