KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) restrained the Tax Department from enforcing a recovery of Rs28.2million in a constitutional petition filed by Soorty Enterprises Pvt Ltd challenging the impugned said recovery notice issued by the Commissioner Inland Revenue, Zone-I RTO-III.
Hearing of petition, a two-member bench, headed by Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi, also directed them to file their respective para-wise comments for April 13, 2017.
During the hearing, counsel for the petitioner submitted that officials of the Tax Department issued a show cause notice for recovery of Rs28.2million without showing any lawful reason therefore, being aggrieved, petitioner moved the Commissioner Inland Revenue Appeals-V and filed an appeal along with a stay application which is pending before the CIR Appeals. However during the pendency of said appeal, the petitioner is being threatened by the tax department.
Citing Chairman, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Assistant Commissioner Inland Revenue Unit-14, RTO-III Karachi, Commissioner Inland Revenue Unit-14, RTO-III and Commissioner Inland Revenue Appeals-V as respondents, petitioner pleaded with the court to kindly declare that act of the respondents is illegal, mala fide and arbitrary.
Counsel further pleaded with the court to kindly restrain the tax authorities from taking any coercive action against the petitioner till final decision of its appeal pending before CIR Appeals.
