ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court disposed of M/s Al Catel Lusent Pakistan Limited’s customs matter with directives to department to administer hearing on appellant’s petition pending before departmental adjudication within 60 days. The bench had reserved decision on the case after the appellant and respondent submitted record.
IHC bench comprising Justice Shaukat Aziz and Justice Mohsin Akhtar had heard the case and reserved the decision which would be announced in coming week.
M/s Al Catel Lusent Pakistan Limited had filed the couple of cases including a customs case and another case challenging an announcement made by the Appellate TribunalInland Revenue (ATIR)-through which it had sustained decision announced by the department’s adjudication pertaining to the show cause notice to M/S Al Catel Lusent Pakistan Limited for outstanding tax recovery.
Through both the references, M/s Al Catel Lusent Pakistan Limited had named Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue, LTU, assistant commissioner Inland Revenue Withholding, LTU, Commissioner Inland Revenue (Appeals), LTU, and Federal of Pakistan through the chairman of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) as respondent in the case.
Show-cause notices had been issued for the tax year 2013 in head of income tax under sections of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001.
M/s Al Catel Lusent Pakistan Limited had prayed the court to direct LTU not to recover the said amount and abstain from any coercive action in this regard.
The petitioner had prayed the court operation of the impugned notices issued by the tax authority may kindly be suspended till the decisions of appeal pending before the LTU.
