THE REPUBLIC vs. HIGH COURT, GENERAL JURISDICTION (6) ACCRA EX-PARTE: ATTORNEY-GENERAL (APPLICANT) EXTON CUBIC GROUP LTD (INTERESTED PARTY) [2019]DLSC7588

THE REPUBLIC vs. HIGH COURT, GENERAL JURISDICTION (6) ACCRA EX-PARTE: ATTORNEY-G... [2019]DLSC7588

Date	2019-07-31
Suit No.	CIVIL MOTION NO. J5/40/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLSC7588

ANSAH JSC (PRESIDING)

DOTSE JSC

YEBOAH JSC

MARFUL-SAU JSC

KOTEY JSC

GODFRED YEBOAH DAME (DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL) FOR THE APPLICANT

WITH HIM MRS STELLA BADU (CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY)

MISS VERONICA ADIGBO (SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY)

AND MISS YVONNE BANNERMAN (SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY

REINDORF TWUMASI ANKRAH FOR THE INTERESTED PARTY WITH HIM GLORIA АМОАН

[2019]DLSC7588
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>HIGH COURT, G<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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JURISDICTION (6) ACCRA<o:p></o:p>EX-PARTE: A<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#00B0F0">TTORNEY-GENERAL<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>EXTON CUBIC
GROUP LTD<o:p></o:p>(INTERESTED
PARTY)<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL MOTION NO.
J5/40/2018&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: 31TH JULY, 2019.<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>GODFRED
YEBOAH DAME (DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL) FOR THE APPLICANT WITH HIM MRS STELLA
BADU (CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY), MISS VERONICA ADIGBO (SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY) AND
MISS YVONNE BANNERMAN (SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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REINDORF TWUMASI ANKRAH FOR THE INTERESTED
PARTY WITH HIM GLORIA АМОАН <o:p></o:p>

</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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ANSAH
JSC (PRESIDING), DOTSE JSC, YEBOAH JSC, MARFUL-SAU JSC, KOTEY JSC <o:p></o:p>

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</div>MARFUL-SAU, JSC :- The
applicant in this proceeding is praying for an order of certiorari directed at
the High Court, General Jurisdiction (6), Accra presided over by His Lordship
Ackaah - Boafo, J. to quash the ruling of that court dated the gth of February 2018 in suit No. GJ/1424/17 entitled the Republic v. Minister for Lands and Natural
Resources, Exparte Exton Cubic Group Limited and the Attorney-General,
Interested Party. In the said suit, the interested party herein had applied to
the said High Court for certiorari to quash a letter written by the Minister
for Lands and Natural Resource, dated 4th September, 2017, revoking the Mining
Leases purportedly granted to the interested party. In its ruling dated the gth
of February 2018, the High Court found the Minister's letter revoking the
Mining Leases unlawful and for that reason quashed the letter by an order of
certiorari. It is this order of the High Court that has become the subject of
this application. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11.5pt;margin-right:13.9pt;margin-bottom:
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yes">The brief facts of the
case are that the interested party, Exton Cubic Limited, on the 29th October
2016 applied for Mining Leases in respect of three areas in the Ashanti Region;
namely Kyekyewere- 56.64 sq km; Mpasaso- 22 sq.km; and Kyirayaso- 32.68 sq. km.
It is the case of the applicant herein that these three Mining Leases
constitute about seventy-nine percent (79%)
of the nation's known bauxite resources. The Minerals
Commission on 10th November
2016 offered the Mining Leases to the interested party, who proceeded to pay
for them on the 12th December 2016. The processes
filed in this application, disclosed that no notification of the application by
the interested party was published in the Gazette, to enable such Gazette
exhibited at the offices of the District Assembly, which had jurisdiction over
the area covering the three leases. The chief or allodial owner of the land was
also not notified of the Interested Party's application. <o:p></o:p></main>