KARACHI: M/s Pak Telecom Mobile Limited approached the Sindh High Court (SHC) seeking restraining order for not taking any coercive action against it or blocking of NTN/User ID in WeBOC or attaching of bank accounts over four different recovery notices of duty and taxes.
On March 1, 2019, counsel for the petitioner stated in his petition that petitioner is aggrieved and seriously prejudiced by the actions of the Collector of Customs Appraisement West, being a government functionary and working under the chairman Federal Board of Revenue, who have illegally issued four demands of recovery notices and threatened to initiate recovery under Section 202 of the Customs Act, 1969 dated 20/02/2019 directing petitioner to pay the adjudged amount of duty and taxes Rs22,812,193, Rs29593.79, Rs34,770 468 and Rs44,929 along with penalties of Rs700,000, Rs 900,000, Rs100,000 and Rs2,000.
He further argued that respectively on account of four orders-in-originals dated 13/02/2019 against which appeals under Section 19-A of the Customs Act, 1969 were filed on 23/02/2019 which are still pending before Customs Appellate Tribunal, however, petitioner has apprehension that the coercive measures shall be taken against the petitioner inter-alia attachment of bank accounts, blocking of user ID/ NTN in WeBOC.
Citing chairman Federal Board of Revenue, Collector of Customs Appraisement West and others as respondents, petitioner pleaded the court may suspect the demand notices for payment of customs duty and taxes and penalty and declare that no enforcement of demand of customs duty and taxes on the strength of impugned orders-in-originals could be made or enforced by the officers of the respondents prior to the final adjudication by customs appellate tribunal.
He also pleaded the court may restrain them not to take any coercive action against the petitioner inter-alia blocking of NTN/ User ID in WeBOC or attachment of bank accounts and any other adverse actions to be taken against the petitioner.
