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Issues: Whether the time limit under Rule 11 of the Central Excise Rules, 1944 was applicable to the revision application and whether the relevant date for computing limitation under that rule was the date of finalisation of the RT-12.
Analysis: The Government treated an earlier revision order between the same parties as governing the present matter because it had decided an identical question. On that basis, the Government applied the same view that the time limit under Rule 11 read with Rule 173J of the Central Excise Rules, 1944 governed the case and that limitation under the general Limitation Act did not apply. The relevant date for computing limitation was held to be the date of finalisation of the RT-12.
Conclusion: The time limit under Rule 11 of the Central Excise Rules, 1944 applied, and the relevant date for limitation was the date of finalisation of the RT-12, against the petitioners.
Final Conclusion: The revision was decided by following the earlier identical order, with the appellate order modified only to the extent indicated and the matter disposed of with consequential relief, if any.
Ratio Decidendi: Where an identical revision application had already been decided, the same limitation rule under Rule 11 read with Rule 173J of the Central Excise Rules, 1944 applied and the relevant date for limitation was the date of finalisation of the RT-12.