AMPOMAH vs. VOLTA RIVER AUTHORITY [1985]DLCA529

Date	1985-12-17
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1985]DLCA529

OSEI-HWERE J.A

AMPIAH J.A

ESSIEM J.A.

REX LAMPTEY FOR THE APPELLANT.

OSEI-NYAME FOR THE RESPONDENT.

[1985]DLCA529
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >AMPOMAH <o:p></o:p>vs. <o:p></o:p>VOLTA RIVER AUTHORITY<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>[1989-90] 2 GLR 28<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DATE:
17 DECEMBER
1990<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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REX LAMPTEY FOR THE APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p>

OSEI-NYAME FOR THE RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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OSEI-HWERE, AMPIAH AND ESSIEM JJ.A.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT OF ESSIEM J.A.<o:p></o:p>The facts
in this case may be stated briefly as follows: the defendant-corporation was
the tenant of the Tema Development Corporation in respect of certain houses
which the defendant used as duty post houses for its employees. The property
involved in this litigation is one of such houses.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In 1968
the plaintiff who was then an employee of the defendant stationed at Akosombo,
was transferred to Tema. He was given the house in dispute as his duty post
house by the defendant-corporation. Rents in respect of the premises were
deducted at source by the defendant-corporation which in turn paid the rent due
to the Tema Development Corporation.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>During
the term of office of the erstwhile Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, i.e.
June-August 1979, that government directed that all government employers should
cease renting houses for their employees. The government further directed that
all employees should be paid a monthly rent allowance of twenty per cent of
their salary. It appears that the defendant corporation did not comply with
this directive. As a result, their employees living in the duty post houses
petitioned the government’s committee on housing, namely the Armed Forces
Revolutionary Council Housing Committee.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>As a
result of that petition the said committee wrote the following letter dated 10
October 1979 to the managing Director, Tema Development Corporation:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">“Dear
Sir, <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
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FOR RENT CARDS — VOLTA RIVER AUTHORITY Reference: Volta River Authority
Accommodated Staff Letter dated 9 October 1979. 1. In pursuance of the Armed
Forces Revolutionary Council’s directives on the twenty per cent housing allowance
to workers, it has been detected with dismay that workers in the Volta River
Authority have also been cheated by the management for far too long. 2. It is hereby
requested that the management of Volta River Authority do comply without delay
the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council’s housing directives by paying the
twenty per cent housing element direct to the aggrieved workers. This would
enable those workers to pay rent to the Tema Development Corporation as
individuals. 3. It would therefore, be appreciated if appropriate rent cards
could be issued by the Tema Development Corporation to those workers. 4.
Counting on your co-operation, we remain. Yours faithfully, (Sgd) K.
Osei-Boamah Lieutenant Chairman, A.F.R.C. Housing Committee. Copies to: M. O.
I. C. The Chief Executive, V.R.A. Accra. Volta River Authority, P. O. Box 8289,
Tema.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>A copy of
this letter was sent to the Chief executive, Volta River Authority, Tema.<o:p></o:p>Subsequently,
in a letter dated 14 January 1980 the workers concerned informed the Chief
Executive, Volta River Authority, as follows:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">“Dear
Sir, <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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FOR THE STOPPAGE OF RENT DEDUCTION AND SUBSEQUENT PAYMENT OF HOUSING ALLOWANCE
We the undersigned staff and occupants of the houses belonging to the Tema
Development Corporation</main>