BERNARD A. ALLOTEY vs ELECTRICITY COMPANY LTD.

JUDGMENT PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC:- This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal dated 9th December 2021 which dismissed appellant’s appeal and granted respondent his reliefs. Facts and Background The plaintiff/respondent/respondent ((hereinafter referred to as ‘respondent’) was an employee of defendant/appellant/appellant-company (hereinafter referred to as ‘appellant’ or ‘appellant-company’ as the context allows) from October 2003 as Assistant Programmer and Systems Operator. He was promoted IT officer and then to Senior Programmer in October 2010. At the time of his separation from appellant-company he was the Regional I T Officer for Tema Operational Region of appellant company. Upon the adoption of a system of prepaid metering by the appellant-company, the company devised a system for vending electricity credits for prepaid meters in May 2013. This system involved electricity vendors purchasing electricity credits in quotas for onward sal...