KINGSLEY ANANE AND DARKO FARMS & COMPANY LTD [2000]DLCHRAJ5812

Date	2000-08-21
Suit No.	Our Ref: CHRAJ/REV.8/2000/1396
Citation No.	[2000]DLCHRAJ5812

C. A. OPOKU

[2000]DLCHRAJ5812
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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;;
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color:#00B050">KINGSLEY ANANE<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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color:#00B050">DARKO FARMS &amp; COMPANY LTD<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>(CHRAJ)<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/REV.8/2000/1396&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;21/08/2000<o:p></o:p>

</div>COMMISSIONER:<o:p></o:p>C.
A. OPOKU DEP. CHIEF LEDAL 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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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:center;
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DECISION<o:p></o:p>

</div>The original decision on the matter,
rendered by the Kumasi Office on 7th July, 1999, dismissed the complaint as
unmeritorious on the grounds that:<o:p></o:p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; border: none;"><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;">The termination of the complainant's
 appointment was not wrongful.<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: justify; border: none;"><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;">The complainant had
 already been paid his entitlement.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>The
complainant takes issues with the decision by his application dated 21st
February, 2000 on the grounds that:<o:p></o:p>1.
The money paid to him was his salary and not his entitlement.<o:p></o:p>2. When
government announced payment of gratuity to workers, he did not get his.<o:p></o:p>GUIDING PRINCIPLE FOR
REVIEW<o:p></o:p>The
Commission is amenable to reviewing its decision:<o:p></o:p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; border: none;"><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;">Where new and cogent facts are
 pleaded.<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: justify; border: none;"><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;">Where it becomes
 evident that the Commission had misled itself or had been misled by the
 winning party by deliberate or innocent misrepresentation of facts or law.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>Applying these guidelines, let us examine
the merits of the complainant's application for review.<o:p></o:p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: justify; border: none;">That
 the payment made to him was his salary and not his entitlement.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>The evidence on record is that the
complainant's appointment was terminated with effect from 2nd January, 1996.
Yet he was paid up to 1st January, 1996. Impliedly he was paid a monthly salary
in lieu of notice, far in excess of the two weeks' salary prescribed by the
Collective Bargaining Agreement (see paragraph 1 of complainant's letter dated
3rd August, 1999).<o:p></o:p>