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Issues: (i) Whether the demand could be sustained by invoking the extended period of limitation under section 11A of the Central Excise Act, 1944; (ii) whether the refund already sanctioned and not challenged could be reopened in the present proceedings.
Issue (i): Whether the demand could be sustained by invoking the extended period of limitation under section 11A of the Central Excise Act, 1944.
Analysis: The goods and manufacturing process were disclosed in periodic returns, the department conducted audits, and the refund claims were sanctioned without objection. On these facts, there was no suppression of material facts or concealment warranting invocation of the extended period.
Conclusion: The extended period of limitation was not invokable and the demand for the extended period could not survive.
Issue (ii): Whether the refund already sanctioned and not challenged could be reopened in the present proceedings.
Analysis: The sanctioned refunds had attained finality and were not challenged by the department. A refund proceeding cannot be used to sit in appeal over an assessment or refund order that remains unmodified and effective.
Conclusion: The previously sanctioned refunds could not be reopened in the present proceedings.
Final Conclusion: The demand was set aside and the appeal succeeded with consequential relief.
Ratio Decidendi: Where the department is aware of the relevant facts through returns and audits, the extended limitation period cannot be invoked absent suppression, and a final assessment or refund order cannot be indirectly challenged in refund-related proceedings without first being set aside in the manner known to law.
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