BARCLAYS BANK GHANA LTD vs. SECRETARY TO THE CABINET; EX PARTE GA TRADITIONAL COUNCIL

ABBAN J. This application was brought by the Ga Traditional Council for an order of certiorari to quash a notice published at page 75 of the Local Government Bulletin, No. 14, signed by the respondent and dated 20 March 1970. The publication informed the general public that changes in the status of certain chiefs in Awutu Traditional Area had been brought to the notice of the government. The title and the first part of the publication read as follows: “CHANGES AFFECTING THE STATUS OF A CHIEF The public are hereby informed that the following changes in the status of the Chiefs mentioned in the Schedule hereto have been notified to the Government:-” Under the schedule it is stated that Nai Whetey Ndamkwei IV the Awutu Odefey in the Awutu Traditional Area was destooled on 31 December 1969, and in his place one George Kwame Osadu had been enstooled under the stool name of Nai Whetey Agyeman Larbi II. The applicants’ main objection and their basis for asking for this order of c...