KARACHI: The Anti-Encroachment Wing of the Inland Revenue Services (IRS) of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued a show cause notice to the M/s Chawla Rice Mills under Section 5(I) of the Federal Government Lands and Building (Recovery of Possession) Ordinance-1965, it is learnt here.
According to details, the Deputy Director (HQ) Estate Cell /Anti-Encroachment Wing Asif Ali Abro has issued the show cause notice on behalf of the IRS-FBR, directing the mill owners to produce land documents, if any, to decide the fate of the case established against them.
The sources informed Customs Today that the “Chawla Rice Mills is under the ownership of an influential political leader of Pakistan People’s Party and a serving provincial minister for Excise and Taxation Department.
In the notice, the Deputy Director-IRS (HQ) Asif Ali Abro stated that a 4000 acres of land is being enchroached by the M/s Chawla Rice Mills located at Plot No7/8, Phase-II-K 28, adding that the land is actually belongs to Federal Board of Revenue-FBR.
In the notice, it was further stated that the mills owner was enchroached the government land and an “un-authorized occupant” under Rule 2(e) of the federal government land and building.
It was further stated that the British government had acquired the above mentioned land from the Karachi Port Trust (KPT), Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) and government of Bombay in order to boost the revenue from Salt Sector—-as the British government was established its Salt Range over the land.
In the notice, the IRS-FBR gave an opportunity to the mill owner to clear his position over the land issue.
