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Islamabad High Court 2016 Sales Tax Act (VII of 1990)---- ----Constitution of Pakistan

2016 PTD 1675

Assessment of tax; Power/delegation of powers
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LTD. through Manager (Pricing)
Appellant
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FEDERAL BOARD OF REVENUE through Chairman and 2 others
Respondent

Case Laws / Head Notes / Paras

Constitutional petition---Assessment of tax and recovery of tax not levied or short levied or erroneously refunded---Show cause notice, validity of---Appointment of authorities---Powers/delegation of powers, validity of---Officer of Inland Revenue’---Definition and scope---Question before the High Court was whether Inland Revenue Officer was empowered to issue impugned show cause notices under S.11 of Sales Tax Act, 1990, and whether the Commissioner Inland Revenue was vested with the power and jurisdiction to delegate the powers conferred under the Act to subordinate officer/Inland Revenue Officer---Each officer necessarily had to have a specific designation in order to exercise the powers and functions under the Act---Expression ‘Officer Inland Revenue’ was, therefore, a general expressi...