https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=274698 Custodians of customs cargo facilities may be made liable for the full cost of customs staff posted for supervision where the governing statute, regulations and contractual undertaking so require. The legal position reflected in the text is that this cost-recovery obligation is not limited to the original salary bill: later increases in pay and allowances, including revisions given retrospective effect, can also be recovered from the person liable for supervision costs. A challenge to additional cost-recovery charges was therefore treated as unsustainable, and the demand notices were upheld as legally permissible. en-us Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 18 Apr 2023 13:20:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=274698 Custodians of customs cargo facilities may be made liable for the full cost of customs staff posted for supervision where the governing statute, regulations and contractual undertaking so require. The legal position reflected in the text is that this cost-recovery obligation is not limited to the original salary bill: later increases in pay and allowances, including revisions given retrospective effect, can also be recovered from the person liable for supervision costs. A challenge to additional cost-recovery charges was therefore treated as unsustainable, and the demand notices were upheld as legally permissible. Case-Laws Customs Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=274698