Reassessment on previously scrutinised material cannot bypass limitation after draft-assessment proceedings lapse without a final order.

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....Reassessment based solely on transfer-pricing material already examined in scrutiny proceedings is impermissible where the earlier assessment lapsed because no final order followed the draft assessment order within the prescribed period. Without fresh material, reopening would circumvent the statutory time limit for completing assessment and allow the Revenue to benefit from its own omission. The reassessment notices and the order under section 148A(3) were quashed, and the writ petition was allowed.....