[2017]DLHC11461 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0">EBENEZER KOJO SAME & 177 ORS VRS.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">GHANA REVENUE AUTHORITY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">SUIT NO. AHR 20/2015 DATE: 31<sup>ST</sup> JULY 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">COUNCEL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">47 PLAINTIFFS REPRESENTED AS PER THE LIST DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">ALBERT ADARE FOR PLAINTIFFS EARLIER ENTERED<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">FREEMAN SARBAH LED BY ODARTEY LAMPTEY FOR DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">CORAM:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">HIS LORDSHIP MR. R.B. BATU<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">BY COURT: <b><u>CONSENT JUDGMENT</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The terms of settlement signed by the parties and their counsel filed on 31st July 2017 adopted as judgment of the court as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The Plaintiffs on 7th July 2015 instituted the instant suit against the Defendant per their Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim which was amended pursuant to leave granted by the court. The amended writ was endorsed with the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:108.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-108.0pt;mso-text-indent-alt:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span>i.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">A declaration that the Defendant's treatment of Plaintiffs unfair, unjust and amounts to a breach of provisions of article 23 of the 1992 Constitution.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:108.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-108.0pt;mso-text-indent-alt:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span>ii.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">A declaration that the Defendant has breached the Plaintiffs economic right under the 1992 Constitution; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:108.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-108.0pt;mso-text-indent-alt:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span>iii.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">A declaration that the Defendant has breached the Collective Bargaining Agreement by failing to put in place an approved scheme of service;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:108.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-108.0pt;mso-text-indent-alt:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span>iv.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">A declaration that the Plaintiffs having already passed promotion interviews in accordance with the criteria which the Defendant set have met the criteria for promotion and ought not to be subject to another promotion exercise;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:108.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-108.0pt;mso-text-indent-alt:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> &nb