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Sindh High Court 2021 Constitution of Pakistan, 1973

2021 PTD 867

Constitutional responsibility existed upon High Court to take notice
KASHIF FEROZ
Appellant
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FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN THROUGH SECRETARY REVENUE DIVISION/CHAIRMAN MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND ANOTHER
Respondent

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Constitutional jurisdiction of High Court---Implementation / execution of orders of Forums in Tax Departmental hierarchy of adjudication---Departmental abdication of responsibility in non-implementation of such orders---Scope---Petitioner sought implementation order of Customs Appellate Tribunal, which per petitioner, had not been implemented despite passage of over six months---Validity---Constitutional responsibility existed upon High Court to take notice where persons mandated to perform functions in connection with affairs of state were abdicating their statutory duties---High Court directed that unless said order in case of petitioner had been suspended, the same shall be implemented in letter and spirit within two weeks and further directed Chairman Federal Board of Revenue to scruti...