THE REPUBLIC vs. CAPE-COAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY (CCTU) & THE GOVERNING COUNCIL, CAPE-COAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY (RESPONDENTS) EXPARTE: PROFESSOR SAMUEL KWAME ANSAH

JUDGMENT INTRODUCTION On November 29, 2022, the Applicant, Professor Samuel Kwame Ansah, caused to be issued an Originating Motion on Notice invoking the supervisory jurisdiction of the High Court for an Order of Certiorari and Prohibition pursuant to Article 141 of the Constitution, 1992 and Order 55 of the High Court Civil Procedure Rules, 2004 (C.I. 47) to quash the decision of the 2nd Respondent dated 6th October, 2022 on the Re-appointment of the Pro Vice Chancellor and also to prohibit the Respondents, their agents, etc. from taking any further step(s) by way of the appointment of a new Pro-Vice Chancellor. CASE OF THE APPLICANT The Applicant, in his affidavit in support as well as his statement of case filed before this honorable Court set out the factual and legal bases for this application. According to the Applicant, he was appointed to the position of a Pro-Vice Chancellor by the Respondent institution in January 2020. And after serving two-and-half years of his t...