SAMUEL OFOSU APPIAH vs. GA CENTRAL MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY [2021]DLHC11361

Date	2021-07-27
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/0541/2019
Citation No.	[2021]DLHC11361

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE SOLOMON OPPONG-TWUMASI (MR.)

AUGUSTINE ASARFO-ADJEI FOR THE PLAINTIFF

[2021]DLHC11361
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >SAMUEL OFOSU APPIAH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GA CENTRAL
MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, 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;">

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&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: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">AUGUSTINE
ASARFO-ADJEI FOR THE PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE SOLOMON OPPONG-TWUMASI (MR.)<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;1.0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
INTRODUCTION:<o:p></o:p>On the 15th day of March, 2019, the
Plaintiff sued out of the registry of this Court the present writ praying for
four (4) reliefs;<o:p></o:p>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that the Plaintiff built his
property on the land in dispute with permit (I believe from the Defendant
Assembly).<o:p></o:p>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that the Plaintiff’s property has
not encroached a road.<o:p></o:p>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order of perpetual injunction restraining the
Defendant from interfering with the Plaintiff’s property or demolishing the
property or any part of it.<o:p></o:p>(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Costs.<o:p></o:p>1.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
FACTS:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>The brief facts of the case as greaned from the
accompanying Statement of Claim and the subsequent Witness Statement (the
evidence-in-chief) are that the Plaintiff acquired a parcel of land, namely the
land in dispute and later had a lease engrossed in his name over the said
parcel of land duly described in the Statement of Claim and the
Evidence-in-chief.<o:p></o:p>1.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Defendant, is by law the body that
is seized with authority to grant building permit to all developers within her
area of jurisdiction and the Plaintiff’s land falls directly within the
Defendant’s defined area of jurisdiction.<o:p></o:p>1.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; According to the facts of the case,
before building on the disputed land, the Plaintiff applied for a building
permit in lin</main>