TAYLOR J.: This is an application for a writ of certiorari. The applicant, at the relevant time a general police sergeant in the Ghana Police Service, was charged with the disciplinary offence of misconduct contrary to section 17 (k) of the Police Service Act, 1970 (Act 350), and a service inquiry was commenced into the said misconduct on 3 July 1974, before Mr. A. A. Asare, Assistant Superintendent of Police in charge of the Cape Coast District who was nominated by Mr. J. H. Cobbina, G.M., the then Inspector-General of Police, by letter No. SO. 4434/126 dated 3 June 1974 acting by virtue of the power vested in him under section 19(3) of Act 350, to hold the inquiry. The applicant pleaded not guilty but on 13 August 1974 the service inquiry was concluded and the inquiry officer having formed the opinion that the charge had been proved, found him guilty of the charge and convicted him and he recommended as punishment a reduction in rank.
Section 17 (k) of the Police Service Act, 1970 (A…