MRS. MATILDA AKU OBENG AND EMEFA YAA EGBENYA-OBENG vs. ATTORNEY GENERAL AND 3 OTHERS [2018]DLHC4037

MRS. MATILDA AKU OBENG AND EMEFA YAA EGBENYA-OBENG vs. ATTORNEY GENERAL AND 3 OT... [2018]DLHC4037

Date	2018-04-10
Suit No.	SUIT NO.GJ 1051/2016
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC4037

KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

MR. BRIGHT OKYERE ADJEKUM WITH MAAME SARPONG FOR THE PLAINTIFFS

MS. UMMU ZAKARI FOR THE DEFENDANTS

[2018]DLHC4037
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MRS. MATILDA AKU OBENG
AND EMEFA YAA EGBENYA-OBENG<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ATTORNEY GENERAL AND 3
OTHERS<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT
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SUIT&nbsp;NO.GJ 1051/2016&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 10TH
APRIL, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR. BRIGHT OKYERE ADJEKUM
WITH MAAME SARPONG FOR THE PLAINTIFFS <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</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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KWEKU T. ACKAAH-BOAFO JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

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</div>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Introduction:<o:p></o:p>[1]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
In this case, a decision made by the Director of
Estates of the Ghana Armed Forces’ Committee of Adjustment in respect of the
late Air Commodore Obeng (Deceased), is the centerpiece of this litigation. The
Plaintiffs contend that the Committee erred by varying the Nomination Form, DFA
400 to add persons who were not listed as beneficiaries by the deceased. The
court is called upon to consider among other things, whether the Director of
Estates has the right to vary the DFA 400 of the deceased.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[2]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Per
a writ of summons sealed in this registry on 26th day of September, 2016 the
Plaintiffs claimed against the Defendants herein the following judicial reliefs
set out here below:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;A Declaration that the 3rd Defendant is not
entitled to vary the Nomination Paper (DFA 400) of the Deceased.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A Declaration that 3rd Defendant’s
variation of the Nomination Paper (DFA 400) of the Deceased is arbitrary,
unlawful, null and void. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An Order directed at the Defendants to
disburse the benefits of the Deceased in strict compliance with the expressed
wishes of the Deceased in his Nomination Paper (DFA 400).<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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