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ACHANA
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KASSENA-NANKANI LOCAL COUNCIL

(1962) JELR 66666 (HC)

High Court 25 Jun 1962 Ghana
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- The plaintiff claimed arrears of salary, gratuity, and pension from the defendants. - The defendants argued that the plaintiff had been dismissed and was not entitled to any salary. - The plaintiff was interdicted in September 1958 and pl

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Judges:DJABANOR J.
Counsel:E. O. APPIAH FOR THE PLAINTIFF; J. OWUSU YAW FOR T.A. TOTOE FOR THE DEFENDANTS.
Other Citations:[1962] 2 GLR 499

DJABANOR, J.: By his writ of summons the plaintiff claimed from the defendants £G407 3s. 4d. arrears of salary; £G318 3s. 6d. gratuity; and £G95 9s. 0d. pension from the 3rd July, 1960 to 5th July, 1961.

I will first take the claim for arrears of salary. The defendants’ defence was that the plaintiff had been dismissed from their service and he was, therefore, not entitled to any salary from July, 1959, when he was so dismissed. The plaintiff claiming, as he does, full salary from July, 1958 till July, 1960, must prove that he had been in the employment of the defendants all that period. In September, 1958, the plaintiff was served with a letter of interdiction. As a result of that letter he was placed on half salary. That is the usual practice, and this half salary continues to be paid until dismissal or the withdrawal of the interdiction. The plaintiff is saying that because this interdiction was not followed up by a final dismissal notice he considered himself still in the full empl…

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