KWABENA ABOAGYE vs. THE CONTROLLER AND ACCOUNTANT GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL [2010]DLCA5182

KWABENA ABOAGYE vs. THE CONTROLLER AND ACCOUNTANT GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT AND THE... [2010]DLCA5182

Date	2010-04-29
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO.: H1/55/2010
Citation No.	[2010]DLCA5182

QUAYE JA-PRESIDING

MARFUL-SAU JA

ADUAMA OSEI JA

MRS. DANSO ACHEAMPONG FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

CECIL ADADEVOH (S. S. A.) FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL

[2010]DLCA5182
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KWABENA ABOAGYE <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE CONTROLLER AND
ACCOUNTANT GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL <o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL
APPEAL SUIT NO.: H1/55/2010&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 29TH APRIL, 2010<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MRS.
DANSO ACHEAMPONG FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT<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:
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</div>MARFUL-SAU JA; <o:p></o:p>This appeal is taken from
the judgment of the High Court; (Fast Track Division) dated the 22-12-08.&nbsp; In
this appeal the plaintiff will be referred to as the Appellant and the
Defendants would be referred to as the Respondents.&nbsp; By the Notice of Appeal filed on the 28-4-09,
the Appellant appealed against the judgment dated the 22-12-08 and the ruling
delivered by the trial court dismissing Appellant’s application for review.<o:p></o:p>Before
I proceed further, I need to comment on the procedure adopted by Counsel for
Appellant in initiating this appeal.&nbsp; The
trial court delivered a final judgment in Suit No. AHR52/2007 on the
22/12/2008.&nbsp; Under the Court of Appeal
Rules, CI 19 as amended appeals against final judgments are regulated by
specific rules. &nbsp;For example by Rule 9(1)
(b) the time limit for appealing against a final decision, like the judgment of
22-12-08, is three months unless extended by the court.<o:p></o:p>Beside
the final judgment of 22-12-08, the Appellant applied for a Review of the trial
court’s decision and a ruling was delivered on the 19-3-2009.&nbsp; That ruling being interlocutory, the
Appellant had twenty-one days within which to file an appeal, which time could
not be extended.<o:p></o:p>In
view of the varying conditions under the Rules for appeals against final and
interlocutory decisions, it was wrong for Counsel for Appellant to have
combined the two appeals and prosecuted same by one Notice of Appeal.<o:p></o:p>From the Notice of Appeal filed on the
28-4-09, it is evident that the Appellant was out of time as far as the
interlocutory appeal was concerned.&nbsp; The
ruling dismissing the application for review was delivered on 19-3-09 and the
appeal was filed on 28-4-09, clearly outside the twenty one days stipulated by
the Rules.&nbsp; The entire Notice of Appeal
as filed to my mind is flawed.&nbsp; However I
will save the appeal against the final judgment and strike out the appeal
against the ruling of 19-3-09. &nbsp;That
appeal is accordingly struck out.&nbsp; In the
circumstance ground (b) of the Notice of Appeal which relates to the
application for review would also be struck out.&nbsp; The grounds of appeal will thus be as
follows.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“(1) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The trial judge erred when he held that the
plaintiff was entitled to &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; condonation of break of service
from 1966 to 1980 instead of break in <o:p></o:p>