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\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15533573\charrsid13126927 GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF FIJI
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\par Ms. N. Baswaiya with Ms. N. Karan for Plaintiff
\par Mr. R. Matabalavu for Respondent
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\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15533573\charrsid13126927 ) by Originating Summons filed 5 April 2001 for an order that the defendant show cause why she should not give}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13126927  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15533573\charrsid13126927 immediate vacant possession of land being Quarters No.2, Service Street, Vaturua Lane, Suva.}{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15533573\charrsid13126927 
\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15533573\charrsid13126927 
\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15533573\charrsid13126927 This application is identical to the o}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13126927 ne made in Civil Action No. HBC0136.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15533573\charrsid13126927 2001 between the plaintiff and Mrs. Susana Koroi.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13126927  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15533573\charrsid13126927 
The affidavits filed herein and the legal submissions are almost identical except that the defendant is different.
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\par Some of the facts peculiar to the defendant are as follows: she occupies Quarters No. 2 at Service Street, Vaturua Lane; her husband died on 8 December 1999; the rent in arrears was $4327.96 and she was given Notice to Quit on 22 January 2001.
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\par The defendant in her Affidavit in Reply raised the same argument as the defendant in 136 of 2001 in regard to her assertion about the sale of the land to the sitting occupants.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13126927  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15533573\charrsid13126927 This same Reply from the plaintiff was given, except, inter alia, that the deceased (the husband of the defendant) resigned from the Public Service.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13126927  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15533573\charrsid13126927 The defendant}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15533573\charrsid13126927 {\field{\*\fldinst SYMBOL 61 \\f "WP TypographicSymbols"
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\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15533573\charrsid13126927 As submitted by the learned counsel for the plaintiff the governing rules in relation to eligibility and entitlement to Government Quarters are contained in }{
\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15533573\charrsid13126927 Order 601 of the General Orders 1993}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15533573\charrsid13126927  which is prepared by the Public Service Commission.}{
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\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15533573\charrsid13126927 The Order does not state that entitlement to quarters will be given to family members after the death of a Civil Servant occupying the quarters.
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\par In a somewhat similar situation in }{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15533573\charrsid13126927 Attorney General (on behalf of the}{\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15533573\charrsid13126927  }{
\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15533573\charrsid13126927 Director of Lands and Surveyor General)}{\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13126927\charrsid13126927  }{\b\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15533573\charrsid13126927 
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\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13126927  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15533573\charrsid13126927 at pages 8 and 9 of my judgment, I stated as follows:
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\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15533573\charrsid13126927 What right has he to the possession when he is no longer employed by Government?; and under what circumstances and by whom has he been }{
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 is not clear to entitle him to remain in possession.}{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13126927  }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15533573\charrsid13126927 
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\par In any case there is no documentary evidence or any offer made to the deceased or the defendant for the sale of the said quarters.
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\par I see no merit in the defendant}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15533573\charrsid13126927 {\field{\*\fldinst SYMBOL 61 \\f "WP TypographicSymbols" \\s 12}{\fldrslt\f169\fs24}}}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15533573\charrsid13126927 
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\par I do not propose to repeat here what I have said on a point of law in my judgment in CA }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13126927 0}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15533573\charrsid13126927 136}{
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\par For these reasons, it is ordered that the defendant give vacant possession of the said Quarters No. 2 within one month from the date of this judgment with no order as to costs.
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