Limitation for final assessment requires timely completion after time-barred DRP objections; otherwise, the assessment is void.

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....Time-barred DRP objections leave no valid objections for consideration. The AO must complete the assessment under section 144C(4)(b) on the basis of the draft order within the prescribed period and cannot await the DRP's disposal of belated objections. Statutory limitation binds both the assessee and the Revenue. A final assessment issued after that period because of such delay is barred by limitation, void ab initio, and liable to be quashed; merits need not be considered.....