[2013]DLHC5653February 21, 2013High Court

DANIEL DORKPOH vs. ATTORNEY-GENERAL

The Plaintiff herein Daniel Dorkpoh, a former District Magistrate at Akatsi in the Volta Region of the Republic of Ghana commenced the instant action against the Defendant on 7th February, 2011 for the following reliefs: a. A declaration that the failure of the Chief Justice or the Judicial Service to serve him with the petition dated 12th January, 2010, for him to have responded to the same, prior to the said hearing was in breach of the audi alteram partem rule and therefore he was not given a fair hearing. b. A declaration that the punishment meted out to the Plaintiff regarding the remand of the said Petitioner over a civil debt was too severe or excessive, having regard to the fact that he had never fallen foul of the law in the performance of his duties as a Magistrate. c. A declaration that the dismissal of the Plaintiff from the service without a prior confirmation by the President amounts to unlawful dismissal. d. An order that the Plaintiff be reinstated. e. A further ...