VAT on pvt univ fee
HC issues rule again
UNB
The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain why the imposition of 7.5 value added tax (VAT) on the tuition fees of private universities and medical colleges wound not be declared illegal, reports UNB. An HC bench, comprising Justice Sheikh Hasan Arif and Justice J N Dev Chowdhury, passed the order upon a hearing on a writ petition. Four private university students field the writ petition challenging the legality of the notification of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) imposing the new VAT. The Finance Secretary, the Education Secretary, the University Grants Commission Chairman and other concerned have been asked to respond to the rule within three weeks. Earlier, on August 9, another bench of the High Court issued same kind of rule after hearing on a writ petition filed by two students and a teacher of Daffodil University challenging the VAT imposition.
