SAFARI MOTOR WORKS AND LAND COMMISSION AND JAPAN MOTORS [2001]DLCHRAJ5900

Date	2001-02-16
Suit No.	Our Ref: CHRAJ/418/98/658
Citation No.	[2001]DLCHRAJ5900

B. K. OPPONG

[2001]DLCHRAJ5900
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B050">SAFARI MOTOR WORKS <o:p></o:p>(COMPLAINANT)<o:p></o:p>&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; AND&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; <o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B050">LAND COMMISSION AND JAPAN
MOTORS <o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENTS)<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/418/98/658&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 16/02/2001<o:p></o:p>

</div>commissioner:<o:p></o:p>B. K.
OPPONG DEPUTY COMM ISSIONER LEGAL/OPERATIONS 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>On
the 21st September, 1998 the Commission received a letter dated 17"
September, 1998 from the High Office of the President. Attached to this letter
was a petition by the Complainant herein to the Head of State, his Excellency
the President together with certain annxures.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
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mso-border-shadow:yes">The
letter from the Office of the President highlighted certain considerations for
redress and requested the Commission "for thorough investigations and
appropriate advice". The said letter indicated that the matter was before
the Court and that in the view of the complainant "out-of-court settlement
is the best option".<o:p></o:p>In
its petition to the President, the complainant asked for redress as follows:-<o:p></o:p>i.
That the Lands Commission Secretariat allocates a replacement plot of similar
size in an industrial area of Accra. He requested that all charges should be
waived since he had already paid all development, surveying, pillaring and
other charges.<o:p></o:p>ii.
Refund of all costs incurred by him in respect of fence wall, reclamation,
filling and foundations (part) works done on the land.<o:p></o:p>The
Commission upon the receipt of the letter from the President's Office advised
the complainant that it could not investigate the complaint since it was before
the Court, the Commission lacked jurisdiction to investigate.<o:p></o:p>Eventually
the Commission commenced investigation after the complainant had withdrawn its
case from the Court.<o:p></o:p>The
parties were served with several hearing notices to enable the Commission to
mount a full hearing, into the matter but it was apparent that Japan Motors
would not present itself for the hearing the Commission decided to go on with
the hearing of the case without them. Several notices had been served on Japan
Motors as well as the Counsel for Japan Motors but to no avail.<o:p></o:p>In
his evidence the Managing Director of the Complainant stated that plot No.55 A,
Ring Road South Industrial Area was allocated by Lands Commission the
Respondents herein by Exh "A" a leasehold dated 11th March, 1974. The
same was registered as Land Registry No.1690/1974. After the allocation of the
Exh "A" the complainant took possession of the land. It discovered
the land to be swampy, bushy and water logged. The Complainant therefore
re-claimed the land by pumping the water out of the land, filling the land with
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