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Issues: Whether the extended period of limitation could be invoked for demanding excise duty under Section 11A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 in the absence of an allegation of suppression or wilful misstatement in the show cause notice, and whether the penalty could survive.
Analysis: The show cause notice covered a period beyond six months but did not contain the specific allegation of wilful misstatement or suppression required to sustain recourse to the extended period. The grounds stated in the notice were only those ordinarily available for a demand within the normal period of limitation. In the absence of the extra ingredient necessary for the extended limitation, invocation of the five-year period was not permissible. Once the duty demand for the extended period failed, the penalty could not be sustained.
Conclusion: The extended period of limitation was held inapplicable, the duty demand was set aside, and the penalty was also set aside, in favour of the assessee.
Final Conclusion: The appeal succeeded because the demand could not be sustained beyond the normal limitation period, and the consequential penalty also fell with the demand.
Ratio Decidendi: The extended period under Section 11A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 cannot be invoked unless the show cause notice specifically alleges suppression or wilful misstatement, and a duty demand unsupported by such allegation cannot sustain a consequential penalty.
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