SEKONDI-TAKORADI METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY S.T.M.A vs. GHANA WATER COMPANY LIMITED

On 20th May, 2020, the Plaintiff herein caused a writ to be issued out against the Defendant for the following reliefs: i. Declaration that by virtue of the Local Governance Act 2016, Act 936 the Defendant Company is NOT exempted from the payment of property rates to the Plaintiff Assembly. ii. An order that the Defendant pays to the Plaintiff GH¢242,412.16 being the total assessed property rate on the Defendant’s landed properties within Plaintiff’s jurisdiction for the period starting 2016 to 2019 which the Defendant has refused to pay, Demand Notices served on her notwithstanding. iii. Legal costs incidental and any other relief(s) as may be just. The facts of the case as can be gleaned from the pleadings are that the Plaintiff is a Metropolitan Assembly with political and administrative authority over the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan area. Defendant is a state owned limited liability company. Defendant owns several properties within the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis. In exe...