ISLAMABAD: Aiming to facilitate complainants, Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) produced an observation about provision of legal documents for taxpayer petitioner.
FTO reiterated the declaration of public record and enlisted a number of documents made to be public in accordance with the section o8 of FTO.
The list included the documents pertaining to grant of licenses, allotments and other benefits, privileges and contract, and agreements made a public body.
The list also contained record regarding transaction involving acquisition and disposal of property and expenditures undertaken by a public body in the performance of its duties.
Final decisions and orders of appropriate forums were also part of the list and were termed as public record made to be available to complainants.
Office of FTO had described this observation while disposing a case filed by advocate Saeed Ashraf. The case was filed against secretary revenue division, Islamabad.
The appellant had submitted the complaint under section 19 of Freedom of Information Ordinance (2002) challenging non-provision of information requested under section 12 of FIO, 2002.
Talking to the privy FTO officials stated that purpose of reiterating the list of documents to be made public or to be provided upon reach was to facilitate complainants.
They said the FTO had witnessed absence of important documents in number of cases, therefore the observation was made in a case and it was made public.
