LAHORE: The Customs Appellate Tribunal has disposed of an appeal filed by the Directorate of Intelligence and Investigation-FBR, Regional office, Faisalabad against the recipient parties of Muhammad Zafar, Muhammad Hanif, Import Manager of M/s Concord Trading and Deputy Collector of Customs (Adjudication) Faisalabad.
According to the brief history of the case, the staff of directorate of intelligence and investigation Faisalabad raided the delivery godwon of M/s Pak International goods transport company and found 22 cartons of foreign origin blankets. On demand, the person, indentified Munshi, failed to produce any legal document. The goods were seized under Section 168 of Customs Act-1969.
Furthermore, deputy collector of customs (Adjudication) passed the order-in-original to release goods unconditionally to the lawful owner. Similarly, the order-in-original was challenged before the collector of Customs (Appeals) by the department who upheld the impugned order-in-original and appeal was dismissed.
After that, the appellant Directorate of (I&I)-FBR Faisalabad challenged the appeal before the Customs Appellate Tribunal on the grounds that the release orders are error in the law and seized goods are not according to law as per documents provided by the party.
The appellant further added that the impugned order was against the laws and facts, so he prayed before the Customs Appellate Tribunal for the dismissal of orders passed by the Collector Customs Appeals and adjudication authority. On the other side, the recipient party denied all the allegations levelled by the appellant.
After hearing the arguments, Juneid Akram, Member Technical, Special Bench of Customs Appellate, upheld the order-in-original and disposed of appeal.
