KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has issued notices to the tax authorities and deputy attorney general on a constitutional petition filed by M/s International Power Services, seeking release of generators, engines and alternators seized by the Customs Intelligence.
During the hearing of the petition, a two-member bench headed by Justice Munib Akhter directed the respondents to submit their respective comments on September 2, 2016.
Earlier, petitioner’s counsel stated that petitioner is running its business of sale purchase of used generators and accessories, repair, maintenance of the generators in the name of International Power Services. Petitioner purchased used generators from the local markets/ businesses/ industries and after repair and refurnishing the same in its workshop rent out/ sold out the same in local markets.
According to the petitioner, on August 15, 2016 officials of the Customs Intelligence entered in the workshop of the petitioner. Petitioner produced all the relevant documents and explained in details that all the above mentioned articles are old/ used , however, respondents refused to accept the plea of the petitioner and alleged that the all articles were smuggled and brought into country without payment duty and taxes, and seized the above mentioned articles illegally, unlawfully.
Citing chairman Federal Board of Revenue, (FBR), Director of Customs Intelligence, Dr. Sadia Sadaf, Deputy Director of Customs Intelligence, Muhammad Aslam Superintendent and others as respondents, petitioner pleaded the SHC to declare that act of the respondents as malafide, unjustified and illegal, court may direct the respondents to immediately release the same articles and restrain them from taking any coercive action against the petitioner.
