LAHORE: The Customs Appellate Tribunal has rejected an appeal filed by M/s Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited against collector of customs, additional collector of customs (Adjudication), Faisalabad camp office at Model Customs Collectorate, Customs House Multan and director Intelligence and investigation, Multan.
Bench-II member technical Imran Tariq said in the remarks that the appellant needed to substantiate their case through some documentary evidence which they could not produce before the tribunal. The appellant had failed to produce the record of SOPs issued by the Oil and Gas Regularity Authority (OGRA).
According to details, the intelligence officer of the Directorate of Intelligence and Investigation, FIU Sadiqabad received information that a huge quantity of smuggled diesel will be transported from Balochistan to Rehim Yar Khan through oil tanker bearing registration No TLY-514 under the grab of fake documents showing lawful purchase. The staff of the customs intelligence seized the tanker loaded with 5,000 litter high speed diesel.
After showcase notice, the adjudication authority heard the case and passed the order-in-original to confiscate the oil under clause (i) of section 156 (I) of customs act 1969.
Being aggrieved from the order, appellant filed the case before the customs appellate tribunal on the grounds that the impugned order is contrary to the law not sustainable and liable to be set aside.
The counsel of appellant further said that impugned order is perverse, contrary to the established rules and completely against the statutory law. On the other side, the representative of the department denied all allegation by the appellant.
After hearing the case, the customs appellate tribunal rejected the appeal and remarks that appellant, M/s Byco Petroleum, could not place on record SOP issued by their company regarding GTN accompanying the tanker carrying oil.
