A. B. NOBLE MENSAH AND GHANA EDUCATION SERVICE [2002]DLCHRAJ5886

Date	2002-09-06
Suit No.	Our Ref: CHRAJ/50/99/1183
Citation No.	[2002]DLCHRAJ5886

CHRIS DADZIE (MRS)

[2002]DLCHRAJ5886
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span style="mso-bidi-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">A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<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">B. NOBLE MENSAH<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;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B050">GHANA EDUCATION SERVICE<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/50/99/1183&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: 6/9/2002<o:p></o:p>

</div>commissioner:<o:p></o:p>CHRIS DADZIE (MRS) CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#1F1F00">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<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div><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:#131300">This complaint by A.B. Noble Mensah is tightly woven to that of
Mr. D.K. Osei which was decided on the 14th October 1996 by this Commission. In
that case, the Commission found in favour of D.K. Osei and ordered his reinstatement
without loss of seniority; all accrued salaries and allowances from the time of
his purported dismissal were to be paid to him.<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:#121200">The facts of D.K. Osei's case were that he was an accountant
with the GES attached to the K.T.I. In February 1991 he was removed from office
by radio announcement, a letter was subsequently sent to him by the GES to
confirm his removal. He challeged his removal from office and called for the
reas for the action taken against him. He alleged that he was aware of
investigations conducted nationwide in the GES, but no adverse finding was made
against him.<o:p></o:p>Like D.K. Osei, this
Complainant Noble Mensah before his dismissal was an employee of the Ghana
Education Service (GES), teaching at the Kumasi<o:p></o:p>Technical Institute (K.T.I) as
a Course officer and Head of the Electrical Department. He stated in his
complaint that on the 15 February 1991 he heard a radio Broadcast that he had
been removed from office. His salary was immediately cut off.<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:#131300">Later, on 2nd October 1991,
the Director-General of the GES addressed a letter to him confirming his
removal but effective from 1st July 1989 and <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:#131300">this letter was said to be a confirmation of the contents of a
press release made on 15th February 1991.<o:p></o:p>When the GES was requested to comment on the complaint, it stated that
it received instructions from the Castle to remove the Complainant from office
and it obeyed the orders. Earlier on, the K.T.I had written in answer to the
Commission's quest for comments and stated that it followed the dictates of a
press release that certain officers including the <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:#333300">Complainant must be removed from office.<o:p></o:p>As discussed in the Commission's decision in respect of D.K. Osei,
all the efforts by the Commission to procure comments to throw light on the reasons
for the removal of the Complainant proved futile; the Office of the President
on whlch the Commission relled for information could not be of any help. After
diligent investigative processes, it became clear that it would be extremely
unlikely for any reports on the matter to be procured because the alleged
investigation</main>