KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday directed customs department to make sure to file their comments on a constitutional petition filed by M/s Omega Industries Private Limited seeking restoration of its sales tax registration suspended by customs officials. A two-member bench heard the matter.
Earlier, counsel for the petitioner stated that petitioner is served with show cause notice dated March 06, 2018 of the sales tax act, 1990 read with rule 12 (a) (1) (g) of sales tax act, rule 2006 on the back ground that petitioner at the time of processing of their case at Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation-IR Karachi had agreed to pay recoverable amount and subsequently made payment of Rs. 10 million along with five post-dated cheques for Rs5 million.
Counsel argued that respondents took action against the petitioner and suspended sales tax registration without fulfilling the legal requirements, therefore, action of the respondents is illegal and has no legal effect.
Citing Chairman Federal Board of Revenue, the commissioner Inland Revenue Zone-III, Large Taxpayers Unit as respondents, he pleaded the court to declare that act of the respondents as illegal, mala fide and arbitrary.
He also pleaded the court to direct them to restore its sales tax registration and restrain them from taking any coercive action against the petitioner till final order in this petition.
