TARABA STATE LOCAL GOVT SERVICE COMMISSION & ANOR V. SHINKOM & ORS

CHIDI NWAOMA UWA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Lead Ruling): The application was brought pursuant to Order 6 Rules 1 and 2 of the Court of Appeal Rules, 2021, Section 243 (3) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) hereafter referred to as the Constitution and the Inherent Jurisdiction of this Court. The Applicant prayed for the following reliefs: 

1. “AN ORDER OF COURT granting the Appellants/Applicants leave to appeal against the decision/Order of the National Industrial Court sitting in Yola, made on the 24th February, 2022 in Suit No: NICN/YL/02/2021 BETWEEN MR. RIMAMYAERE APUMUKONG SHINKOM v. TARABA STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE COMMISSION and 4 ORS. 

2. AND for such Orders or any further Orders the Honourable Court may deem fit to grant in the circumstances. 

The grounds upon which the application was brought are as follows: 

i. “The lower Court granted an Order(s) that was/were not sought by the 1st Respondent. 

ii. The lower Court granted an order to rev…