ISLAMABAD: Office of registrar at the Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue (ATIR) is lying vacant for two months as the Ministry of Law and Justice Ministry has yet not made any appointment.
According to an ATIR official, the tribunal and regional offices are functioning without a registrar for nearly two months now. He added that the ministry had not selected the names of potential candidates to be appointed in the office. Hence, the matter would take further time, they added.
It is noteworthy here that former registrar of ATIR, Zahid Habib relinquished the post on September 10, couple of months now, following the orders by Ministry of Law and Justice.
According to ATIR officials, lower staff of tribunal was performing affairs supposed to be performed by the registrar.
As the tribunal still run all affairs under ‘centralized system’ in which all regions reports to the headquarters in Islamabad, therefore, the tribunal was in dire need to new registrar, they added.
Ministry of Law and Justice had barred Registrar of ATIR, Zahid Habib from performing his duty as tribunal’s registrar last week September 10.
According to ATIR officials, former registrar had relinquished the charge following the ministry’s order in which it had barred Habib from performing duty as ATIR registrar.
According to details, Ministry of Law and Justice had repatriated Habib in account of a complaint challenging his appointment as registrar of tribunal.
