ISLAMABAD: Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue (ATIR) started another consultation spell with the Ministry of Law and Justice for appointment of a regular registrar at ATIR.
Officials from ATIR stated that the tribunal had again initiated consultation with the ministry for appointment of registrar. The tribunal had already wrote to the ministry for appointment of registrar.
It is pertinent to mention here that ATIR had been working without a regular registrar since months. According to the information available with ministry’s online pages, the ministry had yet not appointed new registrar of the Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue (ATIR).
It is noteworthy here that former registrar of ATIR, Zahid Habib relinquished the post on September 10 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.
According to ATIR staffers, the tribunal and regional offices are functioning without a registrar for nearly five months now.
Ministry of Law and Justice had barred registrar of Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue (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.
