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REPUBLIC
V.
CONTROLLER AND ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL; EX PARTE DIZENGOFF (W.A.) LTD.

(1974) JELR 63606 (HC)

High Court 4 Apr 1974 Ghana
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- The applicant is seeking an order of mandamus to compel the Controller and Accountant-General to authorize payment of a debt owed to the applicant by the Eastern Regional Administration. - The respondent has refused to authorize payment b

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Judges:ABBAN J.
Counsel:C. A. LOKKO FOR THE APPLICANT,C. K. A. ANSON SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE RESPONDENT.
Other Citations:[1974] 1 GLR 337

ABBAN J.

The application is for an order of mandamus under Order 59, r. 2 of the Supreme [High] Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 1954 (L.N. 140A), to compel the Controller and Accountant-General, the respondent herein, to authorise payment of certain sums of money due to the applicant. The applicant is a limited liability company. It performed some services for the Eastern Regional Administration and for those services the said Regional Administration became indebted to the applicant in the sum of ¢91,845.00.

In November 1973, the Eastern Regional Administration sent a treasury draft of the order of ¢91,845.00 to the applicant. It is the case of the applicant that despite repeated requests, the respondent has refused to authorise payment of the said amount of ¢91,845.00 or any part thereof.

In paragraph (5) of the affidavit sworn to by the general manager of the applicant company, the reasons for the said refusal have been set out. The paragraph reads as follows:

“(5) That the Controller a…

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