GODFRED ARYEETEMAN & 914 ORS. vs. HONOURABLE ATTORNEY GENERAL ) STEPHEN APPIAH BUGYEI & 182 ORS. [2009]DLHC5584

GODFRED ARYEETEMAN & 914 ORS. vs. HONOURABLE ATTORNEY GENERAL ) STEPHEN APPIAH B... [2009]DLHC5584

Date	2009-02-26
Suit No.	SUIT NO: BMISC/571/07
Citation No.	[2009]DLHC5584

JUSTICE KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU

[2009]DLHC5584
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >GODFRED ARYEETEMAN &amp;
914 ORS.<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>HONOURABLE ATTORNEY GENERAL<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>STEPHEN APPIAH BUGYEI
&amp; 182 ORS.<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANTS)<o:p></o:p>[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: BMISC/571/07&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 26TH FEBRUARY,
2009<o:p></o:p>

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

</div>This ruling is
in respect of motion on notice for joinder under Order 4 Rules 4 and 5 of CI 47
filed by one Stephen Appiah Bugyei and 182 others on 25th September,
2008.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The applicants
submit that they were all former employees of the defunct State Fishing
Corporation who were retrenched in 1995 but were not paid their due severance
awards. They as a result took action at the High Court, Accra in suit No.
C.73/95 titled Godfred Aryeeteyman and Ors. vrs State Fishing Corporation for
the payment of their entitlements.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Judgment was
delivered in their favour in 1996 and portions of their entitlements were paid
to them by the Government of Ghana leaving the balance of 42.5% of the judgment
debt yet to be paid to them.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Unknown to the
applicants, the plaintiffs herein who were also members of the retrenched employees
and for that matter plaintiffs alongside the applicants in the suit instituted
against the State Fishing Corporation in 1995 have instituted an action at the
High Court, Accra against the Attorney General in suit No. BMISC 571/2007
titled Godfred Aryeeteman and 914 ors. Vrs Hon. Attorney General for the
payment of the outstanding judgment debt resulting from the judgment in 1996.
This new action excluded the applicants herein and no reason was given for
that.<o:p></o:p>The applicants
have therefore applied to this court to be joined into the current suit.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>According tot
the applicants, they were all beneficiaries of the judgment that was delivered
in 1996. They submit that State Fishing Corporation as at today is a defunct
company so they have decided to join the suit so that whatever judgment that
would be delivered would affect all those employees who were on the payroll of
State Fishing Corporation as at 1995 when the company was closed down.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>