LICENSED SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION OF GHANA AND KWAME TENADU vs. ATTORNEY-GENERAL, THE MINISTER, LANDS &NATURAL RESOURCES AND LANDS COMMISSION [2016]DLSC2811

LICENSED SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION OF GHANA AND KWAME TENADU vs. ATTORNEY-GENERAL, T... [2016]DLSC2811

Date	2016-07-20
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J1/2/2015
Citation No.	[2016]DLSC2811

ATUGUBA JSC (PRESIDING)

AKUFFO (MS) JSC

ANSAH JSC

ADINYIRA (MRS) JSC

BONNIE JSC

GBADEGBE JSC

BENIN JSC

ALBERT ADAARE FOR THE PLAINTIFFS.

MRS. DOROTHY AFRIYIE ANSAH (CSA)( WITH HER ZENAB AYARIGA (ASA) LED BY HON. DR. DOMINIC AYINE (DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL ) FOR THE 1ST AND 2ND DEFENDANTS.

NANA YAW NTRAKWA FOR THE 3RD DEFENDANT.

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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >LICENSED SURVEYORS
ASSOCIATION OF GHANA AND KWAME TENADU<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ATTORNEY-GENERAL, THE
MINISTER, LANDS &amp;NATURAL RESOURCES AND LANDS COMMISSION&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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>[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. J1/2/2015&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 20TH
JULY, 2016<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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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>ALBERT ADAARE FOR
THE PLAINTIFFS.<o:p></o:p>MRS. DOROTHY
AFRIYIE ANSAH (CSA)( WITH HER ZENAB AYARIGA (ASA), LED BY HON. DR. DOMINIC
AYINE, (DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL ) FOR THE 1ST AND 2ND
DEFENDANTS. <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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NANA YAW NTRAKWA FOR THE 3RD DEFENDANT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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JSC (PRESIDING), AKUFFO (MS) JSC, ANSAH JSC, ADINYIRA (MRS) JSC, BONNIE JSC,
GBADEGBE JSC, AND BENIN JSC<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>ATUGUBA,
JSC: <o:p></o:p>By their
writ dated 3/11/2014 the plaintiffs claim against the defendants as follows:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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l3 level1 lfo4">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
a declaration that the Land Commission as
established by Parliament pursuant to the lands Commission Act, 2008 (Act 767)
is unconstitutional.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;
text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:
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a declaration that section 5(g), (h), (i) and (j)
of the Lands Commissions Act 2008 (Act 767) that assigns functions to the 3rd
defendant which said functions by virtue of the 1992 Constitution are intended
to be the preserve of existing institutions which the 3rd defendant
was constitutionally enjoined to coordinate with in the performance of its
functions under articles 11 and 258 of the 1992 Constitution and are
unconstitutional and consequently void.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;
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l3 level1 lfo4">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
a declaration that section 7(2) (c) of the Lands
Commission Act, 2008 (Act 767) which interferes with the assessment and
collection of rents in respect of stool lands and their distribution, a
function assigned to the Administrator of Stool Lands by the 1992 Constitution
violates, breaches and is inconsistent with and in contravention of articles
267(1), (2) and (6) of the 1992 Constitution are consequently unconstitutional
and void.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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