KARACHI: M/s Arsalan Enterprises approached the Sindh High Court (SHC) against detention of imported kitchen cabinets due to disputed valuation by customs department.
On January 31, 2019, counsel for the petitioner stated in his petition that petitioner is a commercial importer of various products including kitchen cabinets from worldwide sources and enjoys good name and reputation in the local market, the petitioner has through sheer hard work and untiring efforts, developed a sizeable clientele all over the country.
He further submitted that the petitioner imported the above-mentioned goods and filed goods declaration which arrived at Karachi Port and requested the respondents to release the subject goods provisionally in terms of Section 81 of the Customs Act 1969 by securing the differential amount of duty and taxes between the declared value and values determined vide ruling dated 08/11/2018 till the final decision of the respondents. He argued that despite petitioner request, officials of the respondents stopped his consignments illegally.
Citing chairman FBR, collector Customs Collectorate Appraisement East, Collector Appraisement West, DG Valuationas respondents, petitioner pleaded the court may declare that the action of the respondents to refuse the release of the petitioner goods provisionally is illegal, mala fide and arbitrary without jurisdiction and against the direction of this court.
He further argued that the said goods imported by the petitioner are liable to assess/release provisionally on furnishing the pay order/ bank guarantee of the differential amount.
Importer also pleaded the court may restrain them from taking any coercive action against the petitioner till final order in this petition.
