Mechanical approval invalidated search assessments, while consistent project completion accounting and protection against double addition prevailed.

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....Material seized from a company director who managed its day-to-day affairs and was searched simultaneously could be used for the company's assessment under section 153A; separate proceedings under section 153C were unnecessary. The Tribunal found the consolidated section 153D approval for four assessment years mechanical because it showed no year-wise application of mind, quashing the assessments. For unabated years, the consistently accepted Project Completion Method could not be replaced by the Percentage Completion Method without relevant seized material, rejection of accounts under section 145(3), or a cogent factual basis; the resulting additions were deleted. Additions for both receipts and payments reflected in the same seized papers were also deleted as double taxation of income already offered and accepted.....