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\par }\pard \ltrpar\qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11352373 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11352373\charrsid197333 HIGH COURT OF FIJI}{\rtlch\fcs1 
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid197333 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid197333 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid197333\charrsid197333 Civil Jurisdiction}{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid197333\charrsid197333 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 DAVID DHIRAJ}{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12783474 
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\par }\pard \ltrpar\qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid197333 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF FIJI}{\rtlch\fcs1 
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid197333\charrsid197333 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11352373 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 Byrne J}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
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\par 5 April 1993}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 Public Service - judicial review - disciplinary proceedings - fail
ure to reply to charges within time - failure to hear plaintiff - whether breach of natural justice - Public Service Regulations 1987 (Public Service Decree 10/87 Schedule 2).
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
\par After he was charged with 3 disciplinary offences the Plaintiff replied after t
he reply period had expired. The High Court HELD: the PSC should have considered the explanations offered and should have treated them as a denial of the charges. The failure to grant a proper hearing was a denial of natural justice.
\par 
\par Cases cited:
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ster (City) London Borough Council}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4673540  [1971] 1 QB}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333  222
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 Minister of Housing v Sharp}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4673540  [1970] 2 QB}{
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11352373\charrsid197333 Robertson v Minister of Pen}{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
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a Masi Kaumaitotoya v The Controller of Prisons}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333  (Civ. Action 282 of 1982)
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y judgment in the High Court.
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 T. Fa}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333  for the Plaintiff
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 G.E. Leung}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333  for the Defendant
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 Byrne J:
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
\par In this case the Plaintiff seeks three declarations in an Originating Summons following his purported dismissal as a Senior Clerical Officer in the Office of the Commissioner of Police on 21}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 st}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333  December 1989.
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 FACTS
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
\par I take the following summary of the facts of the case from the affidavits which have been sworn and filed by the parties.
\par 
\par The Plaintiff was a civi}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2308622\charrsid197333 l servant for some twenty years;}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333  his first appointment was that of a Laboratory Technician from 1}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 st}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333  September 1969 and then by various promotions he attained the position of Senior Clerical Officer. On 5}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11352373\charrsid197333  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
December 1989 he was given a letter of the same date in which he was charged with three disciplinary offences under the Public Service Regulations, 1987 under the signature of the then Commissioner o
f Police Mr. Josefa Lewaicei. The letter gave the Plaintiff five days from the day of receipt of the letter to state in writing whether he admitted or denied the truth of the charges together with any explanations he might wish to offer in respect of the 
charges.
\par 
\par The letter continued that if he did not deny the truth of the charges within the five days he would be deemed to have admitted the truth of the allegations and become liable to any one or more of the penalt}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11352373\charrsid197333 ies specified in regulation 50(1}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 ) of the Regulations.
\par 
\par The three charges were:
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11352373\charrsid197333 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid11352373 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
(i) "That you David Lal Parshotam s/o Dullabh Bhai ... was (sic) found to be negligent, careless and incompetent in the discharge of your duties on 1.8.89 when you did not produce Wages Reconciliation and Special Cons
tabulary Pay Reconciliation for the period 1/12/88 to 31/7/89 this being an offence within the meaning of Regulation 35(d) of the Fiji Public Service Commission and Public Service (Amendment) Decree 1987.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11352373 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid11352373 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
(ii) That you David Lal Parshotam ... did absent yourself from your office and from official duties without valid excuse on the following dates:
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11352373 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li1440\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid11352373 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 6.9.89, 11.9.89, 15.11.89 and 22.11.89.

\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11352373 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11352373\charrsid197333 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid11352373 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
(iii) That you ... used very vulgar and insulting words and remarks towards other accounts staff on 3.11.89 which was calculated to cause unreasonable distress to those officers."
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11352373 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
\par The Plaintiff enquired from the Personnel Officer at the Office of the Commissioner of Police, one Peni Cavuilagi what "the five days in the letter meant". He was told that they meant }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 five working days}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
 which at the time meant that the Plaintiff had at least until 12}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333  December and probably, I consider, until the beginning of work on 13}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 th}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333  December 1989 to answer the three charges.
\par 
\par On 12 December 1989 the Plaintiff delivered a reply to the Commissioner of Police which in my view at least amounted to an explanation of his conduct or, if I accept the submission of his counsel,
 a plea of not guilty to the first two charges and an explanation on the third.
\par 
\par The Public Service Commission held a meeting on 20}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333  December 1989 at which it considered the charges against the Plaintiff and decided to dismiss him in accordance with Regulation 50(1)(a) of the Public Service Commission}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11352373\charrsid197333  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 Regulations, 1987.
 The Plaintiff was informed of the decision in a letter dated 21}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 st}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333  December 1989 which referred to the Plaintif}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11352373\charrsid197333 f}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2308622\charrsid197333 '}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
s alleged negligence, carelessness and incompetence in the discharge of his duties and noted that "you failed to reply to the charges within the stipulated time".
\par 
\par Upon receiving his dismissal letter the Plaintiff on 17}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333  January 1990 appealed the decision and in the process enlarged on and purported to explain his earlier answer to the charges of 13}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333  December 1989.
\par 
\par On 5}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333  
February 1990 the Plaintiff wrote to the Disciplinary Appeals Board of 
the Public Service Commission virtually reiterating what he had said in his previous correspondence but submitting also that he had never previously received a disciplinary letter and that consequently his dismissal was too severe or "drastic" as he put i
t. He submitted that other more compassionate penalties could have been imposed on him because the effect of his dismissal was not only that he had lost his employment but also all his pension benefits.
\par 
\par On 9}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333  
March 1990 the Public Service Commission declined to review its earlier decision after which the Plaintiff consulted his union, the Public Service Association which then wrote to the Public Service Commission on 20}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333  
June 1990 seeking to intervene on behalf of the Plaintiff and requesting that the Plaintiff be reinstated.
\par 
\par The Commission replied to this letter in a brief two-paragraph letter of 6}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333  July 1990 stating simply that the Commission had closed its file on the Plaintiff who had been dismissed some six months previously.
\par 
\par The Plaintiff apparently did nothing more until early in 1991 he sought legal advice as a result of which the present proceedings were commenced.
\par 
\par Had the Plaintiff consulted his solicitors much earlier I have no doubt that he would have requested a Judicial Review of the decision to dismiss him by way of Certiorari but for this he was out of time; he therefore proceeded by Originating Summons.

\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542931\charrsid197333 Initially the D}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
efendant argued that the Plaintiff was estopped from proceeding by Originating Summons but finally on 11}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4223518\charrsid197333  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
November 1992 its counsel properly conceded that this course was open to the Plaintiff.
\par 
\par There can be no doubt about this. In Civil Action No. 282 of 1982 }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
Sefanaia Masi Kaumaitotoya v. The Controller of Prisons and the Attorney-General of Fiji}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 , in a judgment delivered on 17}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4223518\charrsid197333  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
August 1982 Kermode J. held on almost similar facts that the Plaintiff was not precluded from seeking a Declaratory Judgment where the facts or circumstances required it. Kermode J. quoted with approval the statement of Lord Goddard in }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\ab\ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542931\charrsid197333 Pyx }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 Granite Co. Ltd v. }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\ab\ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3542931\charrsid197333 Ministry }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 of Housing and Local Government}
{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11352373\charrsid197333  (1960) A}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4673540 C}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333  260. Lord Goddard at p. 290 said:
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid11352373 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 "I know of no authority for saying that if}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4223518\charrsid197333  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid660549\charrsid197333 an o}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 rder or decision can be attacked by certiorari the court is debarred from granting a declaration 
in an appropriate case. The remedies are not mutually exclusive, though no doubt there are some orders, notably convictions before justices, where the only appropriate remedy is certiorari."
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11352373 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11352373\charrsid197333 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 THE SUBMISSIONS OF THE PARTIES
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
\par The first defence of the Defendant is that the Plaintiff was out of time in delivering his first answer }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11352373\charrsid197333 o}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 r explanation to the charges. Regulation 40(2) of the Public Service Commission Regulations states that when a public servant is charged with either any major offence or one of a seri
es of minor offences which should be treated as a major offence, he must state in writing within a reasonable time specifi}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4522569\charrsid197333 
ed in the notice of the charge o}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 r charges whether he admits or denies the charges. The Defendant claims that in this case five consecu
tive days were reasonable for the Plaintiff.
\par 
\par The Defendant also relies on Section 51(d) of the Interpretation Act Cap. 7 which states that where an act or proceeding is directed or allowed to be done or taken within 
any time not exceeding six days, excluding days meaning Saturdays, Sundays or public holidays are not to be taken into account in computing the time.
\par 
\par Accordingly, it is said, the Plaintiff should have delivered his reply on 10}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4223518\charrsid197333  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 December 1989 or at the latest the morning of 11}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4223518\charrsid197333  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 December 1989. In fact the Plaintif}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11352373\charrsid197333 f}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4522569\charrsid197333 '}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 s letter was not received by the central Registry of Police Headquarters until 12}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4223518\charrsid197333  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 December 1989. Therefore the Defendant says the Commission was entitled to disregard the Plaintif}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11352373\charrsid197333 f}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4522569\charrsid197333 '}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 s explanation.
\par 
\par As to this the Plaintiff submits that the Defendant is estopped in law from pleading this defence. He says, and it is not denied by the Defendant, that the Defendant through one of its Senior Officers informed the Plaintiff that he had five
 working days in which to reply and that the Plaintiff relied on this statement. The Plaintiff further submits that because one of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11352373\charrsid197333  }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 the functions of the Personnel Officer was to advise employees on Public Service Commission policy, he was in a position of authority and knew }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4223518\charrsid197333 o}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
r must have known that the Plaintiff would rely on what he told him. Therefore it is alleged the Personnel Officer owed the Plaintiff a duty of care to ensure that the advice he gave the Plaintiff was correct.
\par 
\par The Plaintiff then refers to a number of authorities to support this claim. The first is }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 Robertson v. Minister of Pensions}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4673540  [1949] 1 KB}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
 227, a decision of Denning J., as he then was, who held that a letter written by the War Office to Mr. Robertson stating that a physical disabili
ty from which he was suffering had been accepted as attributable "to military service" bound the Minister of Pensions later and precluded him from denying that Mr. Robertson's injury}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11352373\charrsid197333  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 was related to military service.
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11352373\charrsid197333 Denning J.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333  held that the assurance from
 the War Office was enforceable because it was intended to be binding, intended to be acted upon and was in fact acted upon. He also held that the Appellant had become entitled to assume that the War Office had consulted any other departments concerned be
fore it gave the assurance.
\par 
\par In }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 Lever Finance Limited v. Westminster (City) London Borough Council}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11352373\charrsid197333  [1971] 1}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4673540  QB}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333  222 Lord Denning, by now the Master of the Rolls, said on page 230:
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid11352373 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
"There are many matters which public authorities can now delegate to their 
officers. If an officer, acting within the scope of his ostensible authority, makes a representation on which another acts, then a public authority may be bound by it, just as much as a private concern would be."
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11352373 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
\par It appears that Megaw L.J. agreed with everything Lord Denning said in his judgment whilst the other member of the Court, Sach L.J. appears to have agreed generally with Lord Denning's remarks.
\par 
\par In another case decided the previous year, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 Minister of Housing}{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11352373\charrsid197333  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 v. Sharp}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4673540  [1970] 2 QB}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333  233 Lord Denning 
stated at p. 266 that when an official duty is laid on a public officer, by statute or by common law, he is personally responsible for seeing that the duty is carried out.
\par 
\par It is therefore submitted that in the instant case the Personnel Officer owed a duty of care to the Plaintiff and might be expected to assume that the Plaintiff relied on the advice he gave him.
\par 
\par The Defendant denies that the Personnel Officer was acting as an agent for the Commission and submits that there is no evidence of this either in the Plaintif}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11352373\charrsid197333 f}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13456481\charrsid197333 '}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 s affidavits or elsewhere in the material.
\par 
\par Also the Defendant submits that as the Plaint}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13456481\charrsid197333 iff had been long in the Civil S}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 ervice he must have known the urgency and consequences to him if he failed to give an explanation in the time stated o
n the charges. His failure to do so was negligent and must be held against him. It is further submitted that Regulation 40(2) is not confusing a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13456481\charrsid197333 
t all, as was submitted by the P}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 laintiff. Sub-rule 2 of the Regulation 40 states so far as relevant "The office}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13456481\charrsid197333 r}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
 charged shall by notice in writing be required to state in writing within a reasonable time to be specified in such notice whether he admits or denies the charge}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13456481\charrsid197333  \'85}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13456481\charrsid197333 ".}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
\par 
\par It is submitted that the regulation must be construed to mean five consecutive days so that the Plaintif}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11352373\charrsid197333 f'}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 s explanation should have been received by 10}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11352373\charrsid197333  December 1989 o}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 r at the la}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11352373\charrsid197333 test on the morning of Monday, 1}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 1}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11352373\charrsid197333  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 December 1989. As we know now it was received at Police Headquarters on 12}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 th}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11352373\charrsid197333  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
December 1989, a day later in the view of the Defendant.
\par 
\par Reliance was also placed on Section 51(d) of the Interpretation Act, Cap. 7 which reads:
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid11352373 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 "Where an}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11352373\charrsid197333  act or proceeding is directed o}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 r al
lowed to be done or taken within any time not exceeding six days, excluded days shall not be reckoned in the computation of the time.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4522569\charrsid197333 "}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11352373 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
\par For these reasons the Defendant says that the Commission had every right not to take the Plaintif}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11352373\charrsid197333 f}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6581494\charrsid197333 '}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 s explanation into consideration.
\par 
\par The maxim }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 ignorantia juris neminem excusat}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
 has never been}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6581494\charrsid197333  applied in a draconian fashion.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
 It has always been taken to refer to ignorance of well known rules of law. I doubt very much whether the Plaintiff would have been familiar with the Interpretation Act. If he were, he would hardly have consulted Mr. Cavuilagi on the meaning of}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6581494\charrsid197333  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
the five days in the charge. The question then is whether in all the circumstances it was reasonable to give the Plaintiff five days the last of which expired on a 
Sunday to submit an explanation. If, as I take it, the defendant concedes that delivering his explanation on 11}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6581494\charrsid197333  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
December would be reasonable, I cannot see how it was unreasonable for the Plaintiff to hand in his explanation one day late on Tuesday, 12}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 th}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6581494\charrsid197333  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 December 1989.
\par 
\par The Plaintiff}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6581494\charrsid197333  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
had been charged with what at least the Commission regarded as major offences. That being so, in my view it would not have been unreasonable for the Commission to have given the Plaintiff as much as seven consecutive days in which to reply to the charges.

\par 
\par I think there is much to be said for the Plaintif}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11352373\charrsid197333 f}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6581494\charrsid197333 '}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
s argument that Mr. Cavuilagi was an ostensible agent of the Commission and had implied authority to speak for the Commission and advise the Plaintiff when he sought that advice.
\par 
\par This leads me to consider the Plaintif}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11352373\charrsid197333 f}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6581494\charrsid197333 '}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
s replies to the charges and the submissions by Mr. Fa that the Commission should have regarded his explanations on the first two charges contained in his reply of 12}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6581494\charrsid197333  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 December as pleas of not guilty to them and at least providing an explanation in mitigation of the third charge.
\par 
\par The allegation in Charge one is that the Plaintiff has been negligent, careless and incompetent. It is said that he did not produce the Wages Reconciliation and Special Constabulary P
ay Reconciliation within the required time period. The Plaintiff accepts that he did not comply by the specified date but strongly denies that this was due to fault on his part. He pleaded four defences:
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6581494 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 (}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8666688\charrsid197333 i}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 ) He was given no proper training or guidance to 
perform the work he had to learn on the job. This took time which was not considered by the Commission when it fixed the completion deadline.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11352373 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6581494 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
(ii) When the Plaintiff took his leave for one month no one was appointed to take his place. When he returned to work he had a backlog of work to catch up on. He says the Commission should have foreseen his likely difficulties and either app}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6581494\charrsid197333 ointed a temporary replacement o}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 r re-set the completion date.

\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11352373 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6581494 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 (iii) The Plaintiff r
ecognised that he might have problems completing the tasks within the specified time so he saw his superior, the Force Accountant, a George Fonmoa. He was told to concentrate on the Wages Reconciliation and to do the Special Constabulary Pay Reconciliatio
n if time allowed. The Plaintiff followed these instructions and says that when he was charged he had completed seventy percent of the Wages Reconciliation work and part of the other task.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6581494 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6581494\charrsid197333 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6581494 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
(iv) In a memorandum addressed to the Force Accountant the Plaintiff requested unpaid overtime so as to finish his incompleted work before the deadline. This request was rejected.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11352373 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 CHARGE TWO
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
\par Here the Plaintiff is accused of being absent from work without leave or valid excuse on five specified days, three in September 1
989 and two in November 1989. The Plaintiff says the charge is unfounded because he did have a valid excuse, he was on sick leave and had m}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6581494\charrsid197333 
edical certificates to prove it.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333  In this regard he relies on General Order 1004(a) of the General Orders 1981 which reads:
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid6581494 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
"Where an officer falls sick and is absent from duty for any period exceeding twenty-four hours, the Medical Officer or private Medical practitioner is to complete the
 Medical Certificate on the prescribed form as soon as the patient is initially examined."
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11352373 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
\par It follows therefore, according to the Plaintiff, that he was not required under the Public Service Commission regulations to supply a medical certificate and that he had a valid excuse for his absence.
\par 
\par This at least in my judgment should be taken as a plea of not guilty.
\par 
\par On the third charge the Plaintiff is accused of using vulgar and insulting words to a fellow employee. The Plaintiff admits this charge but says 
there were extenuating circumstances namely that he was under pressure at work and used only words in retaliation to comments made by others. He claimed to have been humiliated and ridiculed and never encouraged in his work.
\par 
\par In my judgment the Commission should have accepted the Plaintif}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11352373\charrsid197333 f}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12934876\charrsid197333 '}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
s reply to the first two charges as being a plea of not guilty to them and should not have been satisfied under Regulation 43(1) as to the immediate truth of those charges and therefore requiring more evidence.
\par 
\par According
ly in my judgment the Commission should then have appointed a Disciplinary Tribunal under Regulation 45 of the Public Service Commission Regulations and given the Plaintiff and those accusing him an opportunity to give evidence on oath or affirmation. In 
the case of the Plaintiff, he would also have been entitled to assistance by a representative in cross-examining the witnesses called in support of the case against him.
\par 
\par This was not done because under the Regulation, and because his reply was received a day late, the Commission deemed him to have admitted the charges.
\par 
\par In failing to appoint a Tribunal in my judgment the Defendant through the Public Service Commission wrongly denied the Plaintiff a proper hearing of the charges against him. In doing so I co
nsider that the Plaintiff was also denied natural justice and I therefore find that the decision to dismiss him from the Public Service Commission on 21}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 st}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12934876\charrsid197333  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 December 1989 was void and of no effect.
\par 
\par I therefore declare in accordance with Paragraph (a) of the Originating Summons of 18}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4223518\charrsid197333  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 April 1991 that the failure of the Public Service Commission at its meeting on 20}{
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 December 1989 either to hear the Plaintiff or listen to his explanation with regard to the three disciplinary charges against him amounted to a
 breach of the principles of natural justice and rendered the decision of the Public Service Commission to dismiss the Plaintiff from the Public Service in its letter of 21}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 st}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4223518\charrsid197333  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 December 1989 null and void and of no effect. I also declare in Paragraph (e) of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6581494\charrsid197333  }{
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the Originating Summons that the explanation given by the Plaintiff in relation to charges one and two amounted to a denial of these charges and that accordingly the Public Service Commission was obliged under the regulations to appoint a Disciplinary Tri
bunal to hear the charges which it failed to do.
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\par The result is }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12934876\charrsid197333 that the Plaintiff succeeds. I o}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 
rder the Defendant to pay his costs to be taxed if not agreed.
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\par (}{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 Declarations granted.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1793798\charrsid197333 )
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