Lahore High Court
2026
THLN 7012
2026 PTD 361
Laws Cited
Income Tax Ordinance, 1979 | Income Tax Ordinance, 2001
Sections
13(1)(d) | 239(1) & (2), 208, 209(2), 210

Commissioner of Income Tax Zone-C, Lahore

VS

M/s. Lahore Grammer School (Pvt.) Ltd. Gulberg, Lahore

Petitioner(s) by: Mian Yousaf Umar, Advocate
Respondent(s) by: M/s. Shahbaz Butt, Ibrahim Hassan and Mazhar Hussain Tahir, Advocates
Present: Hassan Nawaz Makhdoom) Judge (Khalid Ishaq) Judge
ORDER

KHALID ISHAQ, J. This Tax Reference Application was earlier decided vide order dated 07.12.2022 passed by this Court, however, on a challenge laid before the Supreme Court of Pakistan by way of CPLA No.613-L of 2023 titled "Commissioner Inland Revenue, Lahore v. Lahore Grammar School (Pvt.) Ltd.", the Supreme Court of Pakistan has remanded the matter vide order dated 21.03.2025 in the following terms:"2. The petitioner relied on letter dated 11.05.2004 from the office of the Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, Lahore, whereby statutory approval to make addition of Rs.42,760,140/- under Section 13(1)(d) of the 1979 Ordinance in the case of M/s. Lahore Grammar School (Pvt.) Ltd. for the tax year 2001-2002 was granted. Reference to this approval had been made in the penultimate page of the assessment made by the Taxation Officer, which is annexed at page-67 of the instant petition. No reference to the said approval has been made in the impugned order. We are of the view that the questi...