PHILOMENA MBUA EKPE, J.C.A (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The Appellants herein as Plaintiffs took out originating summons in suit No. PLD/J357/2007 against the defendants/Respondents in the High Court of Plateau State sitting at Jos asking the court to determine whether the respondents acted rightly in dissolving the plaintiffs as members of the Civil Service Commission.
The Appellants as (Plaintiffs) submitted two questions before the trial court for determination and also sought four reliefs. The reliefs sought by the Appellants are as follows:
a. An order declaring the letter of "Dissolution of Chairman and Members of Commission" addressed to the plaintiffs but the 1st defendant as illegal, unconstitutional, null, void and of no effect whatsoever.
b. A declaration that the plaintiffs are entitled to their remunerations continuously, till the end of their tenure with the Commission on 1st October, 2008.
c. An order for payment to the plaintiffs, the total of all remunerations …