JUDGMENT
The 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th respondents were directors of the National Land Commission (NLC), having been seconded to the Commission from the Public Service Commission (PSC). On the other hand, the 5th respondent was the Chairman of the Commission and it is not clear why he was joined in this appeal as a respondent. The 1st to 4th respondents’ terms of employment were varied, apparently without their consent, from contractual engagement to permanent and pensionable, then reversed to contractual terms after the NLC commissioners met and resolved that the conversion from contractual to permanent and pensionable was null and void.
They were unhappy with the said variation as a result of which they moved to the Employment and Labour Relations Court (ELRC) vide civil suit No. ELRC No. 1643 of 2018 and Petition No. 8 of 2019. In ELRC No. 1643 of 2018 the petitioners sought, inter alia, declarations that: they are and remain permanent and pensionable employees of the NLC; and that the c…