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Chapter 38

EXCISE AND TAXATION

The office of the Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control was established in
Muzaffargarh in 1962 and was assigned the task of collection of revenue
receipts under various heads. The Excise and Taxation Officer is also
entrusted with the powers of Assessing Authority, Motor Registering
Authority, Prohibition Officer and Revenue Collector under section 30 of the
Land Revenue Act, 1967.

As regards the staff of the office, the sanctioned strength is 30 out of which
5 positions are lying vacant. In addition to the Excise and Taxation Officer in
BPS-17 as head of the office, there are one Assistant Excise and Taxation
Officer (BPS-16) and 4 Excise and Taxation Inspectors currently posted in
the office.

The over-all performance of the Office since its establishment has been as
follows:

Total No. of vehicles registered 148419
Property Tax recovered Rs. 88,63,88,930
Motor Vehicles Taxes recovered Rs. 61,22,90,230
Entertainment Duty recovered Rs. 3,80,20,510
Cotton Fee recovered Rs. 65,68,36,590
Professional Tax recovered Rs. 14,56,82,000
As regards the Financial Year 2018-19, a recovery of Rs. 14,86,15,551 has
been made against the assigned target of Rs. 15, 52,72,844. In the meantime,
the detail of main categories of vehicles registered in the district was as
follows:

Motorcycle Motor car Pick-up Bus Tractor
18779 3013 1394 367 1900
Similarly, the detail of the above categories of vehicles registered since January 1,
1974 up till December 31, 2019 was as under:

Motorcycle Motor car Pick-up Bus Tractor
191014 10477 7378 2035 23574
The performance of the office in respect of Narcotics Control cannot be
termed as satisfactory. A total of 218 cases had been initiated hitherto out of
which 157 resulted in conviction. 13 cases are still under trial. The office
attributes this unsatisfactory performance to the lack of staff members. It
has been informed that the post of the concerned Excise and Taxation
Inspector is lying vacant since 2006.

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