HFC BANK GH. LTD (PLAINTIFF) vs. OPTIMUM ENTERTAINMENT & 2ORS (DEFENDANT) [2017]DLHC7205

Date	2017-12-06
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BFS/436/2010
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC7205

HIS LORDSHIP GEORGE K. KOOMSON (J).

YAW SARPONG BOATENG FOR PURCHASER/APPLICANT.

K. NYANKOM TETTEH FOR DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS.

[2017]DLHC7205
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >HFC BANK GH.
LTD<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>OPTIMUM
ENTERTAINMENT &amp; 2ORS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p>IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION BY THE PURCHASER FOR AN ORDER OF
EVICTION OF THE DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS FROM THE PROPERTY SOLD<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT (COMMERCIAL DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT
NO. BFS/436/2010&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 6TH DECEMBER, 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p>YAW
SARPONG BOATENG FOR PURCHASER/APPLICANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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K.
NYANKOM TETTEH FOR DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS.&nbsp;&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HIS
LORDSHIP GEORGE K. KOOMSON (J).<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div>On
the 23rd day of November, 2017, I granted an application filed by
the purchaser/Applicant for the eviction of the Defendants/Respondents from House
No. 28, Airport Hills, Martey Tsuru, Accra, which said property was sold at an
auction on 21st February, 2017, on the orders of this Honourable Court.
I reserved my reasons, which I now proceed to give. <o:p></o:p>On
the 21st February, 2017 the Applicant purchased property numbered
28, Airport Hills, Martey Tsuru, Accra, at a public Auction conducted on the
orders of the Court. The applicant duly paid for the property sold. A
certificate of purchase was accordingly issued to the applicant. The applicant,
subsequently filed the present application to evict the respondents from the
property he purchased at the auction. The respondents resist the application on
the grounds that:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The application
is incompetent; and <o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That premised
upon fraud (primarily perpetrated post the auction sale) which vitiates all and
was brought to the notice of the defendants/respondents only after the motion
for eviction had been filed on the 24th day of October, 2017.<o:p></o:p>I
have read the application and the affidavits filed by the parties. I have also
read the written submissions filed by both counsel. Thoughtful consideration
has been given to order 45 of CI 47 and the principles governing the setting
aside of auction sales. It is however useful to state the provisions of order
45 rules 10, 11 and 12(3) of CI 47, which are that:<o:p></o:p>“10. (1) At
any time within twenty-one days from the date of the sale of any immovable
property, an application may be made to the court to set aside the sale on the
ground of any irregularity in the conduct of the sale, but no sale shall be set
aside on the ground of such irregularity unless the applicant proves to the
satisfaction of the court that he has sustained injury by reason of the
irregularity. <o:p></o:p>(2) If the
application is granted by the court, the court shall make an order setting
aside the sale for irregularity, and thereupon the purchaser shall be entitled
to receive back any money deposited or paid by the purchaser on account of the
sale, with or without interest, to be paid by such parties and in such manner
as the court may direct. <o:p></o:p>11. (1) If
no application is made under rule 10 the sale shall become absolute.<o:p></o:p>(2) If an
application made under rule 10 is dismissed, the court shall make an order
confirming the sale.<o:p></o:p>(3) After a
sale of immovable property becomes absolute or is confirmed under this rule,
the court shall grant a certificate to the person who was declared the
purchaser at the sale to the effect that that person has purchased the right,
title and interest of the judgment debtor in the property sold. <o:p></o:p>(4). A
certificate of purchase grante</main>