THE REPUBLIC vs. THE COURT OF APPEAL EX PARTE EAST DADEKOTOPON DEVELOPMENT TRUST AND THE DIRECTOR, SURVEY DIVISION LANDS COMMISSION [2015]DLSC3207

THE REPUBLIC vs. THE COURT OF APPEAL EX PARTE EAST DADEKOTOPON DEVELOPMENT TRUST... [2015]DLSC3207

Date	2015-07-30
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J5/39/2015
Citation No.	[2015]DLSC3207

ANSAH JSC (PRESIDING)

ADINYIRA (MRS) JSC

DOTSE JSC

ANIN YEBOAH JSC

AKAMBA JSC

MR. PAUL DEKYI AND JACOB NOYE WITH HIM FOR THE APPLICANT.

MR. CARIS APPIAH BRAKO FOR THE INTERESTED PARTY.

[2015]DLSC3207
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE COURT OF APPEAL<o:p></o:p>EX PARTE EAST
DADEKOTOPON DEVELOPMENT TRUST AND THE DIRECTOR, SURVEY DIVISION LANDS
COMMISSION<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[SUPREME COURT, 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 NO. J5/39/2015&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 30TH
JULY, 2015<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MR. PAUL DEKYI AND JACOB NOYE WITH HIM FOR THE
APPLICANT. <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR. CARIS APPIAH BRAKO FOR THE INTERESTED PARTY.<o:p></o:p>

ANSAH
JSC (PRESIDING), ADINYIRA (MRS) JSC, DOTSE JSC, ANIN YEBOAH JSC, AND AKAMBA JSC<o:p></o:p>

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

</div>ANIN
YEBOAH, JSC:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>On the 23rd of July, 2015 we dismissed
this application and reserved our reasons which we proceed to deliver.<o:p></o:p>The applicant herein has invoked the supervisory
jurisdiction of this court to quash the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Accra,
dated the 13th of March 2014.&nbsp;
The facts of this application appear to be devoid of any controversy and
are fully captured in the affidavit of one Emmanuel Odoi Yemo the chairman of the
applicant trust sworn to on the 11th of June 2014.<o:p></o:p>The said deponent, Emmanuel Odoi Yemo, in the
affidavit in support of this application has deposed to the fact that on
30/07/2012 the applicant filed a motion to commit the Interested Party herein
for contempt of court before the High Court, Accra.&nbsp; The first respondent in the said contempt
proceedings, one Samuel Quaye Tawiah filed an affidavit in opposition to &nbsp;the motion and sought to challenge the
capacity of the applicant herein.&nbsp; The
other respondent did not file any process upon service on him of the contempt
proceedings.<o:p></o:p>The High Court entertained arguments on the
capacity of the applicant herein and ruled that it had capacity to bring the
application for contempt.&nbsp; After the
ruling which was delivered on 26/04/2013 the third respondent to the
application for contempt lodged an appeal to set aside the ruling of the trial
High Court, Accra.&nbsp; The other respondent
described in the contempt proceedings as the first respondent, that is, Samuel
Quaye Tawiah did not file any appeal to contest the ruling.&nbsp; On the 3rd of July 2013, the
parties affected by the ruling in the contempt proceedings were summoned by the
Registrar of the High Court, Accra, to settle the records of appeal as a
statutory precedent for prosecution of any civil appeal. The parties complied
and as it appears in one of the exhibits in this application, precisely,
Exhibit “F”, the Registrar of the High Court, Accra, imposed several conditions
on the interested party herein to fulfill. According to the applicant, the
interested party to this application did not fulfill the conditions of appeal
which was statutorily imposed on him by the Registrar of the High Court,
Accra.&nbsp; To appreciate the import of what
the deponent Emmanuel Odoi Yemo said we reproduce his affidavit in support,
specifically paragraph 10, 11, 12 and 13 &nbsp;as this would be appropriate:<o:p></o:p>“10.
That on 22nd January, 2014 the appeal was set down for hearing and
the Court of Appeal adjourned same to 13th March 2014 for judgment.<o:p></o:p>11.
That subsequently it came to my notice that the Director of Surveys, 3rd
respondent/appellant, did not fulfill the conditions of appeal so I caused a
search to be conducted which results confirmed that indeed the Director of
Surveys did not fulfill the conditions of appeal (Exhibit F).<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>12.
That upon obtaining the search results I caused a Motion of Notice to be filed
at the Court of Appeal on 3rd March, 2014 seeking to have the appeal
dismissed which motion was fixed for 26th March, 2014 (Exhibit G)”<o:p></o:p>On hearing the appeal, the Court of Appeal,
adjourned to 13th of March, 2014 to deliver its judgment.&nbsp; Thus the Court of Appeal allowed the appeal
in favour of the interested party.&nbsp; The
applicant complains that the Court of Appeal was aware of the motion to dismiss
the appeal when it proceeded to deliver its judgment even though counsel wrote:
“out of abundance of caution” to the court to draw the attention of the
court to the pending motion fixed for 26th March 2014.<o:p></o:p>