WILLIAM ADOKOH AND P& T CORPORATION [2000]DLCHRAJ5785

Date	2000-11-15
Suit No.	Our Ref: CHRAJ/0B/WR/X/87/372
Citation No.	[2000]DLCHRAJ5785

BENJAMIN K. OPPONG

[2000]DLCHRAJ5785
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B050">WILLIAM ADOKOH<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(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;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B050">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;P&amp; T
CORPORATION&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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Our
Ref: CHRAJ/0B/WR/X/87/372&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE: 15/11/2000<o:p></o:p>

</div>commissioner:<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
color:#2B2B00">BENJAMIN K. OPPONG DEPUTY COMMISSIONER LEGAL/OPERATIONS <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
color:#161600">FOR <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#111100">COMMISSIONER<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
color:#2B2B00"><o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DECISION<o:p></o:p>

</div>In
October 1987 Mr. William Adokoh lodged this complaint at the Office of the
Ombudsman. Following the phasing out of the Ombudsman office the complaint was
transmitted to this Commission under the provision of Section 28(2) which
provides that:<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">"any complaint pending before the Ombudsman immediately before the
coming into force of this Act may be proceeded with under and shall be subject
to the provisions of this Act."<o:p></o:p>The facts of the case as disclosed by the
complaint are that the complainant, as a Supervisor of Mails at the then Posts
and Telecommunication Corporation, was dismissed in 1985 for stealing two
German Mail bags and 21 coloured pencils (product of Singapore). The respondent
reported the matter to the Police. A search party by the Police discovered two
mailbags and some coloured pencils in complainant's room.<o:p></o:p>The
complainant was placed under suspension without pay and was subsequently
arraigned before the Circuit Court in Sekondi together with two other employees
of the Corporation on a charge of stealing.<o:p></o:p>The trial
was frustrated by non-attendance of witness for the prosecution and so the
complainant as an accused person was discharged by the court.<o:p></o:p>According
to the complaint he was invited to appear before the Disciplinary Committee of the
Corporation to answer a charge of stealing. He continued to explain that on the
23rd September, 1987 he received a letter dismissing him with retrospective
effect from 18th June 1985 when the incident occurred.<o:p></o:p>At paragraph 7 of his complaint dated 22nd
October 1987 he stated as follows:<o:p></o:p>"That
I am advised and verily believe same to be true that my suspension without pay
and my dismissal with retrospective effect from the date of my suspension is
wrong."<o:p></o:p>He therefore asked for the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>Declaration
that his suspension without pay is wrong. He claimed his salary from May 1985
to September 1987 and End of service benefit in accordance with the Collective
Bargaining Agreement.<o:p></o:p>The
respondents were asked to comment on the complaint. According to them the
complainant was suspected of having stolen property belonging to the
Corporation and that two German mailbags were found in his house. They
confirmed the version of the complainant that the court discharged him for want
of prosecution. The respondents went on to explain that th</main>