NANA ANIMA II QUEEN MOTHER OF THE MANKRALO STOOL APAASO vs. LAND VALUATION BOARD, NANA OTIEKU AMOANI II, NANA OTU PANYIN [2020]DLCA9901

NANA ANIMA II QUEEN MOTHER OF THE MANKRALO STOOL APAASO vs. LAND VALUATION BOARD... [2020]DLCA9901

Date	2020-11-26
Suit No.
Citation No.	[2020]DLCA9901

WELBOURNE (MRS) J.A. (PRESIDING)

AGBEVOR J.A.

BAFFOUR J.A.

DOUGLAS OBENG FOR 1ST DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

DAVID VAN DYCK FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2020]DLCA9901
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="_Hlk35510717">NANA ANIMA II QUEEN MOTHER OF THE MANKRALO STOOL APAASO <o:p></o:p></a>&nbsp;(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>LAND VALUATION BOARD<o:p></o:p>(1ST
DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>NANA OTIEKU AMOANI II&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>(2ND DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>NANA OTU PANYIN&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>(3RD DEFENDANT)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <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: 0in 0in 1pt;">

SUIT NO. H1/177/2020&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: 26TH NOVEMBER, 2020<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>DOUGLAS OBENG FOR 1ST
DEFENDANT/APPELLANT&nbsp; <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: 0in 0in 1pt;">

DAVID VAN
DYCK FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>WELBOURNE (MRS), J.A.
(PRESIDING), AGBEVOR, J.A., BAFFOUR, J.A.<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 0in;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%;
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</div>WELBOURNE, JA<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>This is an appeal against the Ruling of
the High Court, Accra, dated the 22nd day of July, 2015.<o:p></o:p>BRIEF FACTS:<o:p></o:p>The
facts in this case are fairly simple and straightforward and same narrated by
the 1st Defendant/Appellant as follows:<o:p></o:p>In
the early 1960’s the Government acquired a large tract of land for the purposes
of generating electricity by means of the water power of the Volta River;
initial compensation sums were paid by the VRA in the 1960’s and in August
1974, State Lands (Volta River Flooded Area) Instrument, 1974 E.I. 98 as
amended by State Lands (Volta River Flooded Area) (Amendment) Instrument, 1975
E.I. 67 was passed to (formally) compulsorily acquire an approximate area of 3,400
square miles of land &nbsp;in the Volta,
Eastern, Brong Ahafo and Northern Regions (Pai, Apaaso, Kete Krachi, Makango,
etc.) already inundated by the Volta Lake.<o:p></o:p>Claimants
who had not yet been compensated were expected to put in claims for
compensation in compliance with the requirements stipulated in the State Lands
Act, 1962 (Act 125); and numerous but several conflicting claims were
accordingly submitted including that of the Plaintiff/Respondent.<o:p></o:p>The
Claimants, who numbered 122, managed to meet together sometime in August 2004
through their Chartered Surveyor and consultant, Messrs. Kodwo Abban &amp; Co.
and amicably resolved the issues of overlapping and conflicting claim
compensation on their behalf. <o:p></o:p>Following
the successful reconciliation of the claims, the 1st Defendant/Appellant
made an offer of compensation in the sum of GHȼ126,680.00 to the Respondent (out of
the consolidated offer of GHȼ189,966,840.00 to the 122 Claimants),
which was accepted by the Respondent. This fact is evidenced at pages 79 and 80
of Volume 1 of the Record of Appeal.<o:p></o:p>However,
it was not until sometime in 2008 following successful negotiations between
Government and representatives of the Claimants that Cabinet approved payment
under the following conditions:<o:p></o:p>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;