IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW IN THE NATURE OF CERTIORARI AND PROHIBITION IN THE MATTER OF THE REPUBLIC vs. DISTRICT COURT ‘2’ PREMPEH ASSEMBLY HALL EX PARTE D.O. BOATENG (AKOSUA ATAA – INTERESTED PARTY)

RULING Dr. Poku Adusei, J.A. Before this court is an application for prerogative writs of certiorari and prohibition by the plaintiff/respondent / applicant [hereinafter referred to as the applicant]. The applicant herein was the respondent in the proceedings which commenced at the rent control department on 19/9/2011 in which the interested party requested the rent officer to investigate and determine the chargeable rent vis-à-vis the cost of completing a two-bedroom house/hall on a piece of land at Kotei Twumduase, near KNUST, Kumasi. The antecedent facts were that the interested party started the construction of a foundation of a house with her husband, whose death stalled the project. The applicant herein approached the interested party that he should be allowed to complete the said house for his own occupation, subject to the payment of rent. The understanding was that any cost/expenses incurred by the applicant in completing the premises were to be used as rent-advance f....