[2014]DLCA5074 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#00B0F0">SAMUEL ELLIS OBIR<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span class="NoSpacingChar"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)</span></i></span><span class="NoSpacingChar"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; color:#00B0F0"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span class="NoSpacingChar"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#00B0F0">BANK OF GHANA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span class="NoSpacingChar"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)</span></i></span><span class="NoSpacingChar"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span class="NoSpacingChar"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#00B0F0"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]</span><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">C.A. NO: H1/112/2013</span></b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""> </span><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS""> </span><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""> </span><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS""> </span><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">DATE: </span><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">6<sup>TH </sup>FEBRUARY, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">MR. SAMUEL CODJOE FOR THE DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; letter-spacing:-.2pt">MR. S. ARHIN FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">CORAM: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">ABBAN J.A. (PRESIDING), ACQUAYE J.A., GYAN J.A.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">JUDGMENT</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in;line-height:115%; tab-stops:-5.0in"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">ABBAN, J.A.</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">On the 21<sup>st</sup> October, 2011, the High Court, Accra, delivered a judgment in this case which went against the Defendants (hereinafter called the Appellants). The appellants herein being dissatisfied with the decision of the High Court have appealed against the said judgment to this court.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in;line-height:115%; tab-stops:-5.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in;line-height:115%; tab-stops:-5.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"">Now, before addressing the grounds of appeal, we want to capture the history of this case which was presented to the High Court and which has travelled through the said court culminating in this appeal. On 3<sup>rd</sup> December 2002, the plaintiff (hereinafter referred to as the respondent) instituted an action against the appellant claiming per his amended writ of summons the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;tab-stops:-5.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;line-height:115%;tab-stops:-5.0in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">a</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""> <i>A declaration that the dismissal of the plaintiff from the employment of the Bank by the Board of the said bank contained in the letter dated 26<sup>th</sup> May 2000 purportedly in accordance with Article 13(b) (1,2,3,4 and 5) of the Officers’ Rules and Regulations is unconstitutional, illegal, unwarranted by any regulation, null and void.</i><b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;line-height:115%;tab-stops:-5.0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;line-height:115%;tab-stops:-5.0in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">b A declaration that the findings of the committee set up by the defendant whereby it purported to dismiss the plaintiff is unwarranted by any law, null and void.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;line-height:115%;tab-stops:-5.0in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;line-height:115%;tab-stops:-5.0in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">c Payment to the plaintiff of all arrears of the following from 20<sup>th</sup> May 2000 till the date of judgment –<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;line-height:115%;tab-stops:-5.0in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;line-height:115%;tab-stops:-5.0in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""> (a) Monthly salary<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;line-height:115%;tab-stops:-5.0in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""> (b) Clothing allowance<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;line-height:115%;tab-stops:-5.0in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""> (c) Commuted leave allowance<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;line-height:115%;tab-stops:-5.0in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""> (d) &