CASTRO DANIEL YAO AHIAMO vs. THE ATTORNEY – GENERAL, THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF POLICE AND CENTRAL DISCIPLINARY BOARD [2015]DLCA8013

CASTRO DANIEL YAO AHIAMO vs. THE ATTORNEY – GENERAL, THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF PO... [2015]DLCA8013

Date	2015-12-03
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO: H1/139/2015
Citation No.	[2015]DLCA8013

GYAESAYOR J.A (PRESIDING)

KORBIEH J.A

TANKO AMADU J.A

FATI MAHAMA FOR APPELLANT

[2015]DLCA8013
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >CASTRO DANIEL YAO AHIAMO<o:p></o:p>(PLAINITFF/
APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>THE ATTORNEY – GENERAL, THE
INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF POLICE AND CENTRAL DISCIPLINARY BOARD<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: H1/139/2015&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:
3RD
DECEMBER, 2015<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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FATI MAHAMA FOR
APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>GYAESAYOR J.A (PRESIDING), KORBIEH J.A, TANKO AMADU J.A<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div>GYAESAYOR, JA<o:p></o:p>The plaintiff/appellant in this appeal until his dismissal
in July 2008 was a serving police officer with the rank of Lance/Cpl in the
Ghana police service. The 1st defendant is the A.G. who is mandated
under article 88 of the 1992 constitution to sue and be sued in respect of
matters affecting the state. He/she shall be responsible for the institution
and conduct of civil cases on behalf of the state; and all civil proceedings
against the state shall be instituted against the Attorney General as
defendant.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The 2nd defendant is the administrative
head of the Ghana Police Service while the 3rd defendant is
described as a disciplinary body in the Ghana Police Service responsible for
institution and prosecution of members of the Ghana Police Service for
misconduct and other disciplinary offences.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The plaintiff/appellant (who shall be called plaintiff)
alleges that he was promoted to the rank of Lance/Cpl in 2006 and posted to
Walewale police station.&nbsp; Whilst there, a
complaint was made against him by the&nbsp; district
officer ASP E.S. Fosu resulting in the holding of administrative&nbsp; disciplinary proceedings against him at the
instance&nbsp; of the Northern Regional&nbsp; Disciplinary Board by one A.S.P Caesar
Abanga.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>According to plaintiff while waiting to hear the
result of the enquiry from the Northern Regional Disciplinary Board he was served
with a letter of dismissal from the Central Disciplinary Board.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Subsequent appeal, to the 2nd defendant
the Inspector General of Police against the harsh punishment of dismissal was
also dismissed.&nbsp; The plaintiff therefore
issued a writ to declare the dismissal by the Central Disciplinary Board as
null and void.<o:p></o:p>The plaintiff sought an order for his
reinstatement with no loss of seniority and an order for the payment of his
salary and other benefits from 1st February 2008 to date of his reinstatement
inclusive of all upward adjustment in salary to the rank he would have been promoted
to had he not been so dismissed from the service.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>He also made a demand for special damages equivalent
to two years annual gross salary to be assessed per the rank of reinstatement.
He also sought general damages and cost.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The defendants filed one statement of defence in
which they admitted almost all the averments of plaintiff in his statement of
claim.&nbsp; In denying paragraph 8 of the
statement of claim however, the defendant averred that plaintiff proceeded on
42 days leave on 13th August 2007 without prior authorization from
his superior officer.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The defendants in paragraph 7 of th</main>