KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) issued notices to the customs department and deputy attorney general on a constitutional petition filed by M/s Care Plastic Industries against the valuation of imported canvas house pipe under Valuation Ruling 1264/2018 dated March 8, 2018.
While hearing the petition, a two-member bench, headed by Justice Munib Akhtar also directed them to file their respective para wise comments on next date of hearing.
Earlier, counsel for the petitioner stated that petitioner is lawfully engaged in the import of above-mentioned goods and fulfills all the requirements as per law, however, he is being aggrieved by the assessing of the customs authorities on imported goods ‘canvas house pipe’ on the basis of Valuation Ruling No 1264/8. He argued that action of the respondents is illegal and unlawful and without any legal effect.
Citing Chairman Federal Board of Revenue, Chief Collector of Customs Collectorate of Appraisement South, Chief Collector of Customs Collectorate of Appraisement Port Muhammad Bin Qasim as respondents, he pleaded the court to declare the act of the respondents as illegal, mala-fide and arbitrary. He also pleaded the court to set aside impugned valuation ruling and restrain them from taking any coercive action against the petitioner till final order in this petition.
