KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) directed customs officials to process the goods declaration in respect of subject consignment in accordance with law and no adverse inference may be drawn for the purpose of determining the quality of imported iron and steel products on constitutional petition filed by M/s Dawood Engineering Private Limited.
While the hearing of petition, a two-member bench, headed by Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi issued notices to the respondents and directed them to file their para-wise comments on next date of hearing.
During the hearing, counsel for the petitioner stated that petitioner has imported the prime quality iron and steel products which according to learned counsel, are classifiable under chapter 72 of Pakistan Customs Tariff under the relevant sub-chapter headings of “others”, however, respondents are not processing the goods declaration filed by petitioner on the pretext that pursuant to public notice no 3/2018.
He further argued that petitioner’s consignment does not meet the requirements, hence, cannot be treated as of prime quality; however, petitioner has not been specifically confronted by the such condition of the public notice.
Citing chairman Federal Board of Revenue, chief collector of Customs Appraisement South, collector of Customs Collectorate East and others as respondents, petitioner pleaded the court to restrain the respondent from assessing the consignment in terms of the impugned public notice.
