C. N. ASARE AND STATISTICAL SERVICES [2000]DLCHRAJ5740

Date	2000-09-26
Suit No.	Our Ref: CHRAJ/267/97/16
Citation No.	[2000]DLCHRAJ5740

CHRIS AKUFFO OPOKU

[2000]DLCHRAJ5740
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color:#00B050">C. N. ASARE<o:p></o:p>(COMPLAINANT)<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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</div>COMMISSIONER:<o:p></o:p>CHRIS AKUFFO OPOKU DEPUTY CHIEF LEGAL
OFFICER For: COMMISSIONER<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p>The complainant was redeployed on 1st
March 1993 at the age of 48. He was aggrieved because he was told by the
respondent that he had opted for the Social Security Scheme while he on the
other hand thought that he was a pensionable civil servant entitled to pension
under the Pension Ordinance, 1951 (Cap. 30). The question is whether he is
entitled to pension under the Social Security Scheme or the Pension Ordinance
of 1951.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>COMPLAINANT'S CASE<o:p></o:p>Following
his redeployment in 1993, the complainant, though 48 years, applied for his
pension since unlike the SSNIT Pension, one could claim under Cap. 30 at the
age of 45 onwards. He was convinced that as a pensionable officer he was
entitled to pension under Cap.30<o:p></o:p>RESPONDENT'S CASE<o:p></o:p>The
respondent denied that the complainant was entitled to claim under Cap.30. It
argues that the complainant was first engaged in the then Central Bureau of
Statistics on non-pensionable terms as a messenger on 1st August, 1965. He was
later appointed to the grade of an Enumerator on 1st August 1967 also on non-pensionable
terms. He was subsequently promoted to Junior Statistical Assistant Grade II on
1st November 1972 (when entry into the pensionable grade had ceased).<o:p></o:p>In
view of the complainant's non-pensionable status by 30" June, 1965, he was
registered under the Social Security Act (Act 279) in accordance with the
Social Security Fund Regulations 1965 (L.I. 470) with registration number
05111794 with effect from August, 1965. The complainant thus became a
registered member of the Social Security Fund from that date.<o:p></o:p>The
respondent submitted further that<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">"under
the provisions of the Social Security (Applicable to Public Service) Decree,
1973 (NRCD 190) the Pension Law ceased with effect from 1st January, 1972, to
be applicable to all civil servants...."<o:p></o:p>With
the promulgation of the Pensions and Social Security Amendment Decree, 1975
(SMCD.3) all civil servants and others who were pensionable on 31st December
1971 and were still serving were given irrevocable options n</main>