Revaluation of closing stock methodology defended; addition by AO set aside, valuation held reasonable and unjustified.

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....Addition for revaluation of closing stock was contested on the ground that the assessee had previously provided for diminution in value of old/damaged stock and revalued closing stock for the year with a quantified reduction of Rs. 26,88,599, not the higher figure estimated by the AO; the Tribunal accepted the lower figure. The Tribunal found the valuation procedure-branch head physical verification, Director of Societies supervision, auditor approval-scientific and reasonable and, since audited books were not rejected under Section 145(3), held the AO's addition on stock valuation unjustified.....