NATIONAL LABOUR COMMISSION vs. UNIVERSITY OF GHANA [2009]DLHC4342

Date	2009-05-12
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BDMC. 191/06
Citation No.	[2009]DLHC4342

KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU

MS. EFFIBA AMINERE FOR APPLICANT

MR. ACE ANNANG ANKOMAH FOR RESPONDENT

[2009]DLHC4342
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="OLE_LINK1">NATIONAL LABOUR COMMISSION<o:p></o:p></a>vs.<o:p></o:p>UNIVERSITY OF GHANA<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT (INDUSTRIAL/LABOUR DIVISION),
ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT NO. BDMC. 191/06&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 12TH MAY, 2009<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MS. EFFIBA AMINERE FOR APPLICANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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KWABENA
ASUMAN-ADU, JUSTICE
OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

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RULING<o:p></o:p>

</div>This ruling is in respect of an application filed by the applicant
for an order for the enforcement of the decision of the applicant against the
respondent herein.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>According to the
applicant on the 8th day of October, 2007 one Armison Dzokoto
(hereinafter called the petitioner) filed a complaint to the applicant against
the respondent that having been appointed to work with the respondent on 13th
July, 1998 he retired on 31st July, 2007. The respondent failed to
pay him his pension as required by law. He, therefore, asked for:<o:p></o:p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="a">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
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 yes">&nbsp;full restoration of all his financial
 benefits as contained in his petition to the Vice-Chancellor dated August
 27th, 2007 and<o:p></o:p></li>
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 border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:
 yes">respondent
 to be restrained from ejecting him and his family from his official
 residence being No. 3B Link Gate till all the financial benefits have been
 duly paid and he be made to occupy same for three months from the date of
 payment.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The applicant referred a
copy of the petition to the respondent for its comments. The respondent sent
its response to the petition to the applicant. The applicant subsequently
invited the respondent and the petitioner and it went into the matter. It gave
its decision in a ruling dated 3rd October, 2008 as follows:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent:
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i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That a senior member who leaves one university to another should
assign any comparable superannuation policy he was on to the current university
where he is employed in order to have a continuous superannuation policy on
going.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent:
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ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That having found that the National Academy of Music as at 1980 to
1983 was a tertiary institution and there was a comparable superannuation
policy that the petitioner could assign to the Ghana Universities
Superannuation Scheme (GUSS) under the University of Ghana.