Rule 68B limitation preserves timely tax recovery while validating firm-property auction notice, valuation, and bidder payment funding.

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....Rule 68B's amended recovery period applies only where the original limitation period remained alive when the amendment took effect; recovery for 2007-08 and 2008-09 was therefore barred, while proceedings for 2009-10 to 2011-12 remained timely. Service on the defaulting firm sufficed for sale of its assets, particularly where partners received copies and participated; individual notice is required where recovery targets a partner's personal assets. Auction valuation was not defective because sale prices exceeded guideline and partner-declared market values, and revised reserve prices alone showed no undervaluation. Third-party funding of demand drafts did not invalidate compliant auction payments. The recovery auction was confirmed and the sale certificate was to issue to the purchaser.....