THE REGIONAL SECRETARIAT GPRTU OF TUC BOLGATANGA & ANOR vs. BUGRI MAHAMA BABA & 3 OTHERS [2013]DLCA3102

THE REGIONAL SECRETARIAT GPRTU OF TUC BOLGATANGA & ANOR vs. BUGRI MAHAMA BABA &... [2013]DLCA3102

Date	2013-06-27
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/81/2012
Citation No.	[2013]DLCA3102

JUSTICE AYEBI JA [PRESIDING]

JUSTICE IRENE C DANQUAH JA

JUSTICE ALHAJI TANKO AMADU JA

KWASI BAFFOE NTSIFUL FOR DEFENDANTS/ APPELLANTS

AGYABENG AKRASI FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENTS

[2013]DLCA3102
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REGIONAL SECRETARIAT
GPRTU OF TUC BOLGATANGA &amp; ANOR<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>BUGRI MAHAMA BABA &amp;
3 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[COURT OF APPEAL, KUMASI]<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 NO. H1/81/2012&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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JUNE, 2013<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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>KWASI BAFFOE NTSIFUL FOR
DEFENDANTS/ APPELLANTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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AGYABENG
AKRASI FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENTS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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JUSTICE
AYEBI
JA [PRESIDING] ,JUSTICE IRENE C DANQUAH JA, JUSTICE ALHAJI&nbsp; TANKO AMADU JA<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>IRENE C DANQUAH, J.A <o:p></o:p>This
is an interlocutory appeal against the ruling of the Circuit Court, Bolgatanga
dated 20th February 2012.&nbsp; In
the said ruling, the Court dismissed the Defendants/Appellants (Defendants) preliminary
objection to the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court to try the suit filed by the
Plaintiffs/Respondents (Plaintiffs) who sought the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration by the honourable Court that the
failure by the Upper East Regional Secretariat of GPRTU to present an audited
account of the Region for the 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 financial years is
unconstitutional and therefore a flagrant violation of the mandatory provisions
of Article
16 of the GPRTU Constitution.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order of the Court prohibiting the 2nd
Defendant and his colleague Regional Executive from contesting the forthcoming
election for violating the mandatory provisions of the constitution particularly
Article
16.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order directed at the Regional Executive to
immediately present separate audited accounts of the Union for the 2007, 2008,
2009 and 2010 financial years in compliance with the Constitution of the GPRTU.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order of the Court directed at the Defendants to
step aside and for the National Secretariat to form an IMC to manage the
affairs of the Regional Secretariat until the final determination of the writ.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order of Court directed at the </main>