H. M. DOE vs GHANA CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY, THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL [2017]DLHC16404

Date	2017-02-23
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BMISC 83/05
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC16404

JUSTICE AKUA SARPOMAA AMOAH

EBOW BREW HAMMOND

EDZE AGBEVE

MRS. JOYCE THOMPSON

[2017]DLHC16404
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >H. M. DOE<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GHANA CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY, THE
DIRECTOR-GENERAL<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 37.5pt;">

<a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>SUIT
NO. BMISC 83/05&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 23RD FEBRUARY 2017<o:p></o:p>

EBOW BREW HAMMOND FOR
PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p>

EDZE AGBEVE HOLDING BRIEF
FOR MRS. JOYCE THOMPSON FOR DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE AKUA
SARPOMAA AMOAH (MRS.) <o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 37.5pt;">

JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;The Plaintiff in this suit, is a
former employee of the 1st Defendant. By a writ of summons filed on the 3rd day of
November, 2004, Plaintiff seeks the following reliefs from this Court.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;a) Payment of his entitlements commensurate
to that of a managerial position within the 1ST Defendant’s
organization<o:p></o:p>b)<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:33.0pt;margin-bottom:
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Payment of all amounts outstanding, being
the difference between what the Defendants have paid the Plaintiff and what the
Plaintiff is actually entitled to as a retired officer with a managerial position.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Plaintiff’s case is that,
he is a retired employee of the 1st Defendant organization which is
the body responsible for the control and regulation of aviation activities in
the Republic of Ghana, and formerly known as the Department of Civil Aviation. The Second Defendant is the Director General of the 1st
Defendant organization.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The facts giving rise to the
present suit are as follows:<o:p></o:p>In the year 1976, the
Plaintiff was appointed Assistant Executive Secretary of the Air Transport
Licensing Authority, (ATLA) an
autonomous body within the 1st Defendant organization, then known as the Department Of Civil Aviation.
Plaintiff contends that this position is analogous to that of
Assistant Director IIA in the Civil Service.
In 1984, Plaintiff rose to the position of Executive Secretary, a
position he contends is analogous that of Assistant Director Grade I in the Civil Service. It is the Plaintiff’s case that, in 1986, when the 1st
Defendant organization became the Civil Aviation Authority, he continued to
perform his functions as Executive Secretary of ATLA within the 1st
Defendant organization without let or hindrance. In 1992, a new department known as the Corporate Planning
Department was set up in the 1st Defendant organization where Plaintiff was appointed Planning Analyst and later Senior Planning Analyst. This position came with
additional responsibilities but these additional duties, he avers, he continued
to perform without relinquishing his previous position and dutie</main>