KARACHI: M/s Kausar Automobiles Private Limited moved the Sindh High Court (SHC) against a notice for attachments of bank accounts for enforced impugned recovery by the Deputy Commissioner Inland Revenue E & C Unit-02, Zone-IV, LTU Unit-II.
Counsel for the petitioner stated in the constitutional petition that the Deputy Commissioner Inland Revenue E & C Unit-02, Zone-IV, LTU Unit-II, passed the order under Section 11 (2) of the Sales Tax Act for recovery of impugned demand of Sales Tax. Being aggrieved, the petitioner approached the Commissioner Inland Revenue Appeals-IV LTU and filed an appeal along with a stay application.
He informed the court that till date no date is fixed for either hearing of appeal or the stay application. On the other hand, the Assistant Commissioner Inland Revenue E & C Unit-02, Zone-IV, LTU Unit-II, issued for attachment of bank accounts of the petitioner for enforce recovery. Counsel further argued that during the pending of appeal and stay application, act of the respondent is illegal, mala fide and arbitrary.
Citing the Sectary Ministry of Finance, Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), the Commissioner Inland Revenue E & C Unit-02, Zone-IV, LTU Unit-II, the Deputy Commissioner Inland Revenue E & C Unit-02, Zone-IV, LTU, Unit-II, and the Assistant Commissioner Inland Revenue E & C Unit-02, Zone-IV, LTU, Unit-II, as respondents, petitioner pleaded with the court to restrain them from taking any coercive action against the petitioner.