Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial has dismissed two of seven petitions against federal tax ombudsman Shoaib Suddle and issued show cause notices to the petitioner for concealing facts and evading the court.
At the previous hearing, Suddle’s counsel informed the court that the petitioner had filed seven petitions against his client which were still pending before various courts. The chief justice ordered that all the petitions be consolidated and placed before him. On Wednesday, the seven petitions were fixed before the chief justice.
The petitioner, identified only as Saleem, had alleged that Suddle had been “harassing” tax officers and pushing them to collect “undue tax” from taxpayers. He said that the officers had been threatened that they would be fired and would face inquiries for defying the ombudsman’s “illegal orders”.
Suddle, in his reply, denied the allegations.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 4th, 2012.
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