LAHORE: The Customs Appellate Tribunal has accepted an appeal filed by the Ghafoor Ilahi, a resident of Lahore, against the additional collector of Customs Adjudication Multan and others.
Muhammad Shabbir Gujjar, Member Judicial, heard the appeal in details and examined the record which they produced. The appeal has been decided with remarks that 44,000 liters of confiscated furnace oil and tanker be released to its lawful owner unconditionally.
According to the details of case, the superintendent of Customs Anti-Smuggling Organization Multan had seized a huge quantity of furnace oil which was transported from Karachi to Lahore.
The oil tanker was brought to the office of customs I&I examination and also checked the record through forensic laboratory and seized oil and the tanker under the law.
After show cause notice, adjudication proceeding were culminated and Order-in-Original (ONO) was passed while the stance of departments was accepted and declared that goods are confiscated correctly.
Being aggrieved from the order, complainant was filed the appeal before the Customs Appellate Tribunal on the grounds that order in original was passed without consideration of facts the report of testing lab also match with the specification of furnace oil. All the record produced by the appellant is denied by the seizing agency so the same ONO is liable to set aside.
On the other side, the respondent department denied all allegations and appeal for the rejection of appeal.
After hearing the arguments from both sides, Customs Appellate Tribunal accepted the appeal and orders to release vehicle to its lawful owner.
