Registration fee: Court fixes April 17 for next hearing

LAHORE:

Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah of Lahore High Court on Tuesday fixed April 17 for arguments on a plea challenging levy of registration fee by Excise and Taxation Department on capital value of vehicles.

The Punjab government had submitted that it had the right to collect this fee. Petitioner Zaheer Siddique through Advocate Muhammad Azhar Siddique submitted that the fee was illegal. He said that registration fee, such as that charged in Punjab, was not imposed in other provinces, therefore, it was discriminatory.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 1^st, 2012.