KODWO CLELAND vs. MINERALS COMMISSION [2020]DLCA10044

Date	2020-06-18
Suit No.	Civil Appeal Suit No: H1/113/17
Citation No.	[2020]DLCA10044

SENYO DZAMEFE JA (PRESIDING)

MERLEY A. WOOD

(MRS.) JA OBENG-MANU JA

STEPHANIE AMARTEIFIO FOR APPELLANT

STEPHEN ASANTE-BEKOE FOR RESPONDENT

[2020]DLCA10044
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KODWO CLELAND<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MINERALS COMMISSION<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL, 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;">

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solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">Civil Appeal Suit No: H1/113/17&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:
18th June 2020<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>STEPHANIE AMARTEIFIO FOR
APPELLANT<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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RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p>SENYO
DZAMEFE JA (PRESIDING), MERLEY A. WOOD, (MRS.) JA OBENG-MANU JA<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

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</div>&nbsp;DZAMEFE, JA<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff/respondent simply referred to as the plaintiff in his writ of summons
against the defendant/appellant also referred to as the defendant’s claimed for
the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration
that the termination of the appointment of the plaintiff by the defendant is
wrongful and/or unlawful.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order
compelling the defendant to reinstate the plaintiff to his former position with
effect from the date of the wrongful termination.5<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order compelling the defendant to pay all the salaries and other allowances due
the plaintiff from the date of the wrongful termination together with interest
at the current bank rate.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Or
in the alternate, Gh¢400,000 damages against the defendant for the wrongful and
unlawful termination of appointment.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Any
other order or orders that the court may deem fit.<o:p></o:p>The plaintiff is his
statement of claim averred that until the termination of his appointment by the
defendant, he was the District Officer of the Minerals Commission and stationed
at the Akim-Oda office in the Eastern Region of Ghana.<o:p></o:p>The defendant is a
commission set up by statute to oversee the minerals and mining activities in
Ghana with the Head office in Accra, Ghana.<o:p></o:p>Plaintiff averred that he
was employed by the defendants as an Assistant Officer in or about January 1990
and he rose through the ranks to become the Principal Officer in about June
2010. He said part of his job schedule was to receive and process applications
for the grant of mineral concessions, supervise activities of the miners and
mining companies and resolve problems related to mining among others within the
District.<o:p></o:p>Plaintiff averred that in
the August 2009 while stationed at Assin Fosu, a group of four persons
presented themselves as Four Yaws Mining Group came to his office and expressed
interest in regularsing their mining activities i</main>