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"10. We have heard the rival submissions and perused the evidence on record. We have also gone through the facts of the case, assessment order, order of CIT(Appeals), the principles and the judicial decisions relied upon and documents produced by both the parties. At the outset, we find that the revised return filed by the Assessee has been accepted by the AO by clear finding in the Assessment Order. Once revised return is validly filed & accepted, the original return is non-est as it is completely substituted by the revised return. Now let us deal with 'Market Value'. On perusal of the assessment order & all other records, we find that facts with regard to adaptation of 'market value' clear. The assessee has adopted a 'value' which is market value and the department has substituted the same by another value. The department is contending that the 'market value' as adopted by AO is the most appropriate since it represents price charged by the State Grid to various customers including the assessee. Hence, the same should be considered. The AR of the assessee submits that the value adopted by assessee represents 'market value' since it is based on real transactions between unrelated parties and the details for the same are available in public domain. The issue before us is whether in such situations where there are two or more market values available and if the Assessee has adopted a 'value' which is 'market value', whether it is permissible for the Revenue to still replace the same by another 'market value'.......