PROFESSOR PATRICK OFORI-DANSON & 2 ORS vs. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND LANDS COMMISSION [2017]DLHC16436

PROFESSOR PATRICK OFORI-DANSON & 2 ORS vs. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND LANDS COMMIS... [2017]DLHC16436

Date	2017-09-20
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/0764/2017
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC16436

HIS LORDSHIP K. A. GYIMAH

DANIEL OWUSU-NYAMPONG FOR APPLICANTS

PATIENCE ADUMUAH LARTEY (CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY) FOR 1ST RESPONDENT

CARLIS APPIAH-BRAKO FOR 2ND RESPONDENT

[2017]DLHC16436
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >IN THE MATTER OF A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT CONCLUDED IN 2008
BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF GHANA AND THE CLAIMANTS-APPLICANTS HEREIN FOR
COMPENSATION PAYMENT UNDER THE “STATE LANDS (VOLTA RIVER FLOODED AREA)
INSTRUMENT, 1974 (E.I. 98 OF 1974) AS AMENDED BY E.I. 67 OF 1975”<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;AND<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;IN THE MATTER OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO
PAYMENTS FROM PUBLIC FUNDS ARISING FROM JUDGMENT DEBTS &amp; AKIN MATTERS
CONSTITUTED UNDER C.I. 79 OF 2012 TOGETHER WITH GOVERNMENT WHITE PAPER OF 18TH
NOVEMBER, 2015 ISSUED THEREON SEEKING TO NULLIFY THE NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT
AFOREMENTIONED AND CONSEQUENTLY STOP FURTHER PAYMENTS THEREUNDER<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;AND<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION BY THE CLAIMANTS-APPLICANTS
HEREIN SEEKING SPECIAL LEAVE UNDER ARTICLE 280 (6) OF THE 1992 REPUBLICAN
CONSTITUTION TO APPEAL AGAINST THE REPORT TOGETHER WITH THE GOVERNMENT WHITE
PAPER AFOREMENTIONED IN SO FAR AS IT SOUGHT TO NULLIFY THE SAID NEGOTIATED
SETTLEMENT OR OTHERWISE STOP FURTHER PAYMENTS THEREUNDER.<o:p></o:p>BETWEEN:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;PROFESSOR PATRICK OFORI-DANSON &amp; 2
ORS<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND LANDS
COMMISSION <o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o: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;">

SUIT NO. LD/0764/2017&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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&nbsp;SEPTEMBER 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;DANIEL
OWUSU-NYAMPONG FOR APPLICANTS <o:p></o:p>PATIENCE
ADUMUAH LARTEY (CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY) FOR 1ST RESPONDENT<o:p></o: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;">

</div>CORAM<o:p></o: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;">

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RULING<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In
the Matter of a Negotiated Settlement Concluded in 2008 between the Government
of Ghana and the Claimants-Applicants herein for compensation payment under the
“State Lands (Volta River Flooded Area) Instrument, 1974 (E.I. 98 of 1974) as
amended by E.I. 67 of 1975”<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;AND<o:p></o:p>