ISLAMABAD: Customs Appellate Tribunal Technical Member Muhammad Nasir Khan on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of cases filed by M/S Shangai Traders and Islamabad dry port deputy collector until October 18.
A single bench of the tribunal adjourned the hearings to third week of October as the parties involved in the cases did not appear before the bench.
The deputy collector had challenged the decision announced by the Customs Adjudication in favour of M/s Skyways Constructions (Private) Limited.
In this case, the deputy collector had prayed the tribunal to decide on alleged short payment of sales tax by the M/s Skyways Constructions Private Limited. The case was built by department’s audit section which found the short payment of Rs 3,324,439 under the head of sales tax.
The audit section also reported that company had availed duty exemption of 15 percent unlawfully as it did not fulfil the criteria laid to award the exemption.
However, despite the findings, the adjudication had dismissed the notice issued to the company following the audit report seeing the exercise in violation of Section 32 (3A) of Customs Act, 1969, which barred the claim of duty payment after lapse of five years of good imports.
M/s Shngai Traders had filed case against Model Collectorate of Customs. The company had challenged departmental decision in which it was found guilty of importing goods (submersible pumps) with false valuation.
The customs authorities had seized these goods at Islamabad dry port and then registered a case with the imposition of fine of Rs 1 million. M/S Shngai Traders had challenged the decision before the tribunal.
