JUDGMENT
ACQUAH JA.
This is an application seeking the protection of this court under article 33(1) of the Constitution, 1992 to compel the respondent to register the title deeds of the applicant.
The applicant is a member of the Amega Edze family of GbiKpeme, Hohoe. The said family gifted a portion of its Kaleve family's land to the applicant and executed the relevant deed to evidence the transaction. He presented his documents as required by law, to the respondent for registration, but the latter refused, stating: " ... that in line with the executive secretary's circular letter No 720/Vol V. dated 17 June 1995 your document cannot be processed as a freehold but rather as a leasehold. Your document is hereby returned, please."
Naturally aggrieved by the above response, the applicant filed the instant application for mandamus to have his document registered as freehold. Moving his application personally, Prof Kludze reiterated the gravamen of his complaint as sworn to in paragraphs (9)…