ADJEI, J.A.
The High Court Koforidua on 15th June, 2012 granted an application for mandamus to compel the Respondent/Appellant herein, the paramount Chief of New Juaben Traditional Council to forward the Applicant’s duly completed Chieftaincy Declaration Forms to the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs for onward transmission to the National House of Chiefs for registration of the Applicant’s name in the National Register of Chiefs. The Respondent/ Appellant herein who would be referred to in this appeal as the Respondent dissatisfied with the decision by the High Court appealed against the said decision to this Court.
The facts of the case before the trial High Court were that the Applicant’s Asona family litigated with the Ekuona family with respect to the family whose membership is eligible to occupy the Suhyenhene and Mponuahene of the New Juaben Traditional Area. The Applicant’s family which lost the suit at the Judicial Committee of New Juaben Traditional Council won at the Judicial …