ETELESE COMPANY LTD. AND DEKTILES LIMITED vs. ATTORNEY

ETELESE COMPANY LTD. AND DEKTILES LIMITED vs. ATTORNEY – GENERAL [2023]DLCA16831

Date	2023-05-24
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO. H1/215/2021
Citation No.	[2023]DLCA16831

D.D ADJEI JA (PRESIDING)

J.A BARTELS-KODWO JA

E.K BAFFOUR JA

SIKA ABLA ADDO ESQ FOR APPLICANT/APPELLANT

VERONICA ADIGBO ESQ FOR RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT

[2023]DLCA16831
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ETELESE COMPANY LTD. AND DEKTILES
LIMITED <o:p></o:p>

(APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>

vs.<o:p></o:p>

(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>

[COURT OF
APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>

CIVIL
APPEAL SUIT NO. H1/215/2021&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: 24TH&nbsp;MAY,2023<o:p></o:p>

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COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>

SIKA ABLA ADDO ESQ
FOR APPLICANT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>

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D.D ADJEI, JA (PRESIDING), J.A BARTELS-KODWO, JA, E.K BAFFOUR, JA<o:p></o:p>

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DENNIS ADJEI, J.A<o:p></o:p>

The
Applicants/Appellants on 2nd March, 2020 ﬁled an
application ex parte to the Human
Rights Division of the High Court, Accra for enlargement of time to ﬁle
originating motion pursuant to Order
67 rule 3 and Order 80 rule 4 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, C.I.47
to enforce personal fundamental human rights against the State through the
A8orney- General, the principal legal adviser to the State.<o:p></o:p>

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The thrust
of the application was that the 1st Applicant constructed a two story
warehouse and showroom at Dawhenya, one of the towns in the Ningo
Prampram District Assembly based upon the building permit approved by the
Ningo-Prampram District Assembly. The
1st Applicant constructed the two story
house and rented same to the 2nd Applicant
who used it as warehouse and a show room in accordance with the purpose for
which the property was built. On 23rd August, 2019, the Special
Weapons and Tactics
Unit (SWAT) of the Police Service demolished the two
story building and destroyed the materials, equipment and the goods kept in it
all valuing ﬁve million United State Dollars under the erroneous impression
that it was the subject ma8er of a demolition order issued by the High Court,
Tema. The subject ma8er of the demolition was vividly described in the suit
intituled Kweinor Tei Kwablah v Nii Okai
Adjei and another with Suit No.
EI/17/2002, High Court, Tema. The District Commander of the Ghana Police
Service took steps to prevent SWAT from demolishing a wrong building but the
damage had already been done.<o:p></o:p>

The Applicants further deposed that the building which was the subject ma8er of<o:p></o:p>

demolition was
diﬀerent to the building of
the Applicants which had been unlawfully demolished by the SWAT. The High Court
on 9th day of March, 2020 dismissed the
application by the Applicants for enlargement of time to invoke the fundamental
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