KARACHI: A two-member bench of The Sindh High Court (SHC) extended interim order and restrained respondents from any adverse action against the petitioners and directed respondents to file their respective para wise comments on constitutional petitions filed by TCS Private Limited and TCS Logistics Private Limited against impugned notices for recovery of moving publicity and shops boards etc.
On 6 October 2021 a two-member bench, comprising Justice Shafi Muhammad Siddiqui and Justice Agha Faisal heard the matter.
During the hearing, Waqas Asad Advocate and Maqbool Hussain Advocate for petitioners, Malik Naeem Iqbal for respondents, Kafeel Ahmed Abbasi Deputy Attorney General, Saifullah Assistant Attorney General appeared before the court.
After the hearing, court passed directions and mentioned in its order that “in none of these two petitions comments have been filed, these two cases are different insofar as goods are concerned, however, the office has fixed these petitions together, let these two petitions be de-tagged and be fixed independently, the respondents are directed to file comments within two weeks’ time wit advance copy to the petitioner’s counsel. Interim order passed earlier, to continue till the next date of hearing”.
Citing Secretary Local Government, Commissioner Karachi and All Deputy Commissioners as respondents, petitioners pleaded the court to declare that impugned demand notices which were issued by respondents for recovery of moving publicity and shops boards etc are illegal, mala fide and arbitrary.
He further pleaded the court to restrain them from taking any adverse action against the petitioners till final judgment in this case. And also restrain them from collection of such recovery from the petitioners till final order in these petitions.
