Excise duty confirmation using extended limitation period is improper without addressing if activity qualifies as manufacturing.

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....Confirmation of excise duty by invoking longer period of limitation, without going into the legal issue as to whether the activity amount to manufacture or not, would not be appropriate inasmuch as the appellant was admittedly discharging the service tax liability - AT....