JUDGMENT
It is, I think, settled law that certiorari will issue from the High Court to quash a determination of an inferior tribunal for excess or lack of jurisdiction, error of law on the face of the record or breach of the rules of natural justice, or when the determination was produced by fraud, collusion or perjury: See 1 Halsbury’s Laws of England (4th Edn), page 150, paragraph 147.
In the case before us it would appear that Madan J issued the order of certiorari for three main reasons. Firstly, because there was an error of law in that the matter constituting the appeal before the Minister of Lands and Settlement was res judicata. Secondly, because the Minister ought not to have used assessors, presumably exceeding his jurisdiction. Thirdly, because there was a violation of the rules of natural justice in that the effect of the Minister’s order to alter certain entries in the register was to deprive certain people who were not parties to the appeal of their plots of land.
With rega…