[2015]DLCA4747July 30, 2015Court of Appeal

FRANCIS OWUSU-MENSAH AND STEPHEN ONWONA ADJAPONG vs. NATIONAL BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICIAN EXAMINATIONS, PROFESSOR PAUL N. BUATSI AND MR. FRANCIS W.Y. TAGBOR

AGYEMANG, JA: This is an appeal against the ruling of the High Court of 29th day of October 2014 by which the court granted the reliefs sought for:inter alia, a declaration that the termination of the employment of the applicants therein was unlawful, an order for certiorari to quash the decision of the board chairman to terminate the said appointments, and an order of mandamus to compel them to reinstate them to their previous positions. The matters that have given rise to the present appeal are as follows: The first and second applicants at the court below (hereafter referred to as the respondents), were until the 28th of November 2013, the Deputy Executive Secretary and the Test Development Secretary respectively, of the first respondent/appellant. The first respondent/appellant (hereafter referred to as the first appellant), is a Public Service body set up under the National Board for Professional and Technician Examinations Act, 1994, Act 492 with a mandate to inter alia, form...