REPUBLIC V. COMMISSIONER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND
OTHERS: EX PARTE NII AMAR II
(1975) JELR 82284 (HC)
High Court
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20 Jun 1975
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Ghana
Coram
ABBAN J.
Appearances
P. A. Adjetey (Dr. de Graft Johnson and T. A. Tagoe with him) for the applicant.
A. A. Forster, Principal State Attorney, for the first and third respondents.
K. Frempong-Buadu for the second respondent.
Judgement
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>ABBAN J.</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The applicant is asking for an order for enlargement of time, under the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 1954 (L.N. 140A), Order 64, r. 6, within which to apply for leave to bring an application for an order of certiorari. The applicant is Nii Amar II, Dsasetse of Asere and the Acting Asere Mantse. Asere Division, according to the applicant, comprises six subdivisions, including the Nikoi Olai family of Asere Djorshie. But the application was brought by Nii Amar II on his own behalf and on behalf of the entire Asere Division, excluding the said Nikoi Olai family.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I should observe that the application was originally made ex parte and it went before a vacation judge who, on 20 September 1974, ordered that those who would be affected by the result of the application should be served. Following that order copies of the application were served on the Commissioner for Local Government and the Nikoi Olai family of Asere Djorshie. In the course of hearing, and on the motion of the a…</p>