[2011] KEHC 3398 (KLR)
The court found that the applicant had established a sufficient case for the grant of leave to apply for an order of certiorari because the decisions of the 1st and 3rd Respondents appeared, on their face, to have been made outside the powers conferred by Section 3 of the Land Disputes Tribunals Act. The court was...
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- Citation
- [2011] KEHC 3398 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: Francis Kipkoske Biegon; Respondent: Ainamoi Land Disputes Tribunal; Respondent: Chief Magistrate, Kericho; Respondent: Provincial Land Disputes Appeals Tribunal, Rift Valley Province
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Kericho
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Miscellaneous Civil Application 8 of 2011
- Procedural Posture
- Miscellaneous Application / Ruling on Ex Parte Application for Leave to Apply for Certiorari
- Outcome
- leave to apply for certiorari granted; leave to operate as stay of impugned decisions and proceedings
- Legal Topics
- Judicial Review, Certiorari, Ultra Vires Tribunal Powers, Land Disputes Tribunals Act, Leave to Apply, Stay of Proceedings
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Parties
Francis Kipkoske Biegon
Applicant
Ainamoi Land Disputes Tribunal
Respondent
Chief Magistrate, Kericho
Respondent
Provincial Land Disputes Appeals Tribunal, Rift Valley Province
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Miscellaneous Application / Ruling on Ex Parte Application for Leave to Apply for Certiorari
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the decisions of the 1st and 3rd Respondents were made outside the powers conferred by Section 3 of the Land Disputes Tribunals Act.
- 2 Whether the applicant is entitled to leave to apply for an order of certiorari to quash the impugned decisions.
- 3 Whether leave should operate as a stay of the decisions and proceedings sought to be quashed.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the applicant had established a sufficient case for the grant of leave to apply for an order of certiorari because the decisions of the 1st and 3rd Respondents appeared, on their face, to have been made outside the powers conferred by Section 3 of the Land Disputes Tribunals Act. The court was satisfied that the applicant had demonstrated an arguable case that the tribunals acted ultra vires, warranting judicial review. Consequently, leave was granted, and the court further ordered that such leave would operate as a stay of the impugned decisions and proceedings, including the court decision in Kericho SPMC MISC APP. NO. 20 of 2010, pending the hearing and...
Court Disposition
leave to apply for certiorari granted; leave to operate as stay of impugned decisions and proceedings
Orders
- Leave is granted to the applicant to apply for an order of certiorari as prayed.
- The leave granted shall operate as a stay of the decisions and proceedings sought to be quashed, including the court decision in Kericho SPMC MISC APP. NO. 20 of 2010, until the Motion is heard and determined or until further orders of the Court.
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REPUBLICOF KENYA
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA
AT KERICHO
MISC. CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 8 OF 2011
FRANCIS KIPKOSKE BIEGON………. ……………………………….APPLICANT
AND
AINAMOILANDDISPUTES
TRIBUNAL………………………………………………………….1ST RESPONDENT
CHIEF MAGISTRATE, KERICHO……………………...............2ND RESPONDENT
THE PROVINCIAL LAND DISPUTES APPEALS
TRIBUNAL, RIFTVALLEY PROVINCE……………………….3RD RESPONDENT
RULING
The Applicant, FRANCIS KIPKOSKE BIEGON, has in his ex-parte Chamber Summons application dated 7/2/2011 sought leave under Order 53 Rule 1of the Civil Procedure Rules to apply for an order of certiorari to remove into this Court for quashing the decision dated 21/9/2010 made by the 3rd Respondent, the Appeals Committee of Rift Valley Province, and the award dated 19/2/2010 made by the 1st Respondent, Ainamoi Land Disputes Tribunal and the decision of the 2nd Respondent, the Chief Magistrate Court, dated 26/4/2010.
I have perused the said Chamber Summons application and the Statement of facts as well as the Verifying affidavit filed herein and I have considered the submissions made by Mr. W. R. Kiprono, the learned Counsel for the applicant.
I am satisfied that the applicant has made out a sufficient case to warrant the grant of the leave sought not least because the decisions of the 1st and 3rd Respondents were made outside the plenitude of the powers conferred by Section 3 of the Land Disputes Tribunals Act 18 of 1990 and on the face of it they seem clearly ultra vires the powers of the said tribunals.
Pursuant to Order 53 Rule 1 of the Civil Procedure Rules, I accordingly allow the application and grant the applicant leave to apply to this Court for the order of certiorari as prayed for in the application. In pursuance with Rule 3 of Order 53of the Civil Procedure Rules, I direct that a Notice of Motion shall be filed within 21 days from today and shall within 14 days of filing be served upon the Respondents and all those who may be affected by it.
I also order that the leave herein granted shall operate as a stay of the decisions and proceedings sought to be quashed and in particular the court decision in Kericho SPMC MISC APP. NO. 20 of 2010 until the Motion is heard and determined or until further orders of this Court. If the Motion is not filed as herein ordered, the stay herein ordered shall lapse.
The Notice of Motion, if filed, shall be mentioned on 6/6/2011 at 9. 00am.
I direct that seven days prior to the mention on 6/6/2011, the applicant herein shall file an affidavit showing the names of those served with the Notice of Motion, the places of service and the times when serve was effected. If any party who ought to be served is not served, the affidavit shall state the reasons for the failure to serve.
DATEDat KERICHO this 2nd Day of MARCH, 2011
G B M KARIUKI, SC
RESIDENT JUDGE
COUNSEL APPEARING
Mr. W. R. Kiprono, Advocate, for the Applicant
Mr. N. Bett, Court clerk