Final tax demand must be confined to the Show Cause Notice amount; excess demand set aside and remitted for fresh adjudication.

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....Requirement that final tax demand be confined to the amount proposed in the show cause notice under Section 75(7) is reiterated; where an adjudication confirms a demand exceeding the notice the order is contrary to the statutory limitation and must be set aside. The court remitted the matter for fresh adjudication, directed the taxpayer to file a reply treating the impugned order as an addendum within thirty days, and ordered the tax authority to pass a fresh final order expeditiously, with recovery measures available if the taxpayer fails to comply after due notice.....