KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has restrained the tax authorities from taking any coercive measures against the petitioner on a constitutional petition filed by M/s Towellers Limited against a recovery notice issued by the Assistant Commissioner Inland Revenue Unit-II, Zone-I, Regional Tax Office-III.
While the hearing of petition, a two-member bench, headed by Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi, also issued notices to the tax authorities and directed them to file their comments on the next date of hearing.
Earlier, counsel for the petitioner submitted that the assistant commissioner Inland Revenue Unit-II, Zone-I, Regional Tax Office-III passed an order for recovery of the disputed amount of Rs 24,686,265 along with penalty of Rs 1,284,313 along with default surcharge amount of Rs 25,970,578, therefore, it filed an appeal before the authority concerned which is pending for disposal.
It was been prayed that the respondents may be restrained from enforcing the recovery of the demand with till disposal of the appeal in the tribunal or at least till expiry of the statutory period available to the filling the appeal before appellate tribunal.
Citing Chairman Federal Board of Revenue, chief commissioner Inland Revenue Zone-I, Regional Tax Office-III and assistant commissioner Inland Revenue Unit-II, Zone-I, Regional Tax Office-III as respondents pleaded the court to declare the act of the tax authorities is illegal, mala fide and arbitrary.
