PAK AUSTRIA FACHHOCHSCHULE INSTITUTE OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY, HARIPUR vs SECRETARY, REVENUE DIVISIO

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PAK AUSTRIA FACHHOCHSCHULE INSTITUTE OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY, HARIPUR VS SECRETARY, REVENUE DIVISION, ISLAMABAD S.14(4)---Complaint against alleged acts of mal-administration, corruption and harassment by Tax Officials, filing of---False allegations leveled by the Complainant---Proceedings against such complainant---Scope---Complainant/Institute, through an Income Tax Practitioner (ITP) as its Authorized Representative (AR), leveled serious allegations against respondent (an Inspector posted at Regional Tax Office) of engaging in pressurizing/harassing the complainant to pay bribes, etc.---Report/comments submitted on behalf of the Chief Commissioner of concerned RTO denied that the respondent/Inspector had been engaged in corrupt practices---Held: No act of maladministration on part of respondent/ Department was established in the instant case as the complainant had decided not to press the charge---However, record of this/Ombudsman Office was witness to the fact that the present AR had been habitually doing it: first leveling serious allegations of corruption against FBR functionaries and when he was confronted, stepped back simply by not pressing his tirade of baseless allegations---Recently, in another case, the same/present AR had tried to malign a Commissioner ; when confronted the complainant/ entity completely disowned the said complaint; and in view of said serious misconduct the AR was warned by this/Ombudsman Office vide passing an order to be careful in future and in case of any recurrence this forum may invoke section 14(4) of FTO Ordinance, 2000---Unfortunately, despite said/previous warning present AR had once again tried to malign the department without any evidence---Federal Tax Ombudsman recommended/ ordered that proceeding's under S. 14(4) of Establishment of Office of Federal Tax Ombudsman Ordinance, 2000, against the present AR were to be conducted forthwith---Complaint was disposed of accordingly.

PAK AUSTRIA FACHHOCHSCHULE INSTITUTE OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY, HARIPUR vs SECRETARY, REVENUE DIVISION, ISLAMABAD S — 2026 PTD 146 FEDERAL-TAX-OMBUDSMAN-PAKISTAN

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