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BERNARD A. ALLOTEY
V.
ELECTRICITY COMPANY LTD.

(2023) JELR 111220 (SC)

Supreme Court 6 Jul 2023 Ghana
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- This case involves an appeal against the dismissal of the respondent by the appellant company. - The respondent was accused of unauthorized cross-vending, which caused shortages in the quota balances of electricity vendors. - The appellan

Case Details

Suit Number:J4/19/2022
Judges:LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC (PRESIDING) PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC KULENDI JSC ACKAH-YENSU (MS.) JSC ASIEDU JSC
Counsel:VICTOR KWESI OPEKU ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/ RESPONDENT. JEMIMA IRRE ARYERE ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT.
Location:Accra

JUDGEMENT

PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC:-

This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal dated 9th December 2021 which dismissed appellant’s appeal and granted respondent his reliefs.

Facts and Background

The plaintiff/respondent/respondent ((hereinafter referred to as ‘respondent’) was an employee of defendant/appellant/appellant-company (hereinafter referred to as ‘appellant’ or ‘appellant-company’ as the context allows) from October 2003 as Assistant Programmer and Systems Operator. He was promoted IT officer and then to Senior Programmer in October 2010. At the time of his separation from appellant-company he was the Regional I T Officer for Tema Operational Region of appellant company.

Upon the adoption of a system of prepaid metering by the appellant-company, the company devised a system for vending electricity credits for prepaid meters in May 2013. This system involved electricity vendors purchasing electricity credits in quotas for onward sale to customers, and came …

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