Specificity in search-penalty notices is essential: failure to state the applicable charge and rate invalidates the proceedings.

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....Penalty proceedings for undisclosed income found during a search require a notice under section 274 that identifies the precise charge under section 271AAB, including the applicable statutory clause and corresponding penalty rate. This specificity is necessary to provide a meaningful opportunity of hearing. A notice that merely refers generally to undisclosed income and proposed penalty under section 271AAB, without identifying the relevant conditions, is vague and invalid. Defective initiation notices invalidate consequential penalty proceedings; the penalty is deleted, leaving the substantive merits of the levy unexamined.....