[2022] KEELC 15364 (KLR)
The court found that its previous judgment, which quashed the objection proceedings and decision regarding the land parcels in question, was clear and required no further interpretation. The effect of the order of certiorari was to nullify the impugned proceedings and decision, restoring the parties to their...
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- Citation
- [2022] KEELC 15364 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: Republic; Respondent: Land Adjudication Officer Tigania Districts; Interested Party: Timothy Kirimi Ikiao
- Court
- Environment and Land Court
- Court Station
- Environment and Land Court at Meru
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Judicial Review 40 of 2011
- Procedural Posture
- Judicial Review / Ruling on Application for Interpretation of Judgment
- Outcome
- application dismissed with costs
- Judges
- CK Nzili
- Legal Topics
- Judicial Review Orders, Certiorari and Prohibition, Land Adjudication Disputes, Interpretation of Judgments
- Source Language
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Parties
Republic
Applicant
Land Adjudication Officer Tigania Districts
Respondent
Timothy Kirimi Ikiao
Interested Party
Procedural Posture
Judicial Review / Ruling on Application for Interpretation of Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the court's previous judgment required further interpretation regarding the quashing of objection proceedings and decision.
- 2 Whether the parties were left in limbo or without clear directions after the judgment.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that its previous judgment, which quashed the objection proceedings and decision regarding the land parcels in question, was clear and required no further interpretation. The effect of the order of certiorari was to nullify the impugned proceedings and decision, restoring the parties to their positions prior to the challenged decision. The court held that the application for interpretation was without merit, as the judgment spoke for itself and did not leave the parties in limbo. The parties, being represented by counsel, were expected to understand the legal consequences of the quashing order and to take appropriate steps as provided by law. The application was therefore...
Court Disposition
application dismissed with costs
Orders
- The application dated August 20, 2020 is dismissed with costs.
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Republic v Land Adjudication Officer Tigania Districts; Ikiao (Interested Party) (Judicial Review 40 of 2011) [2022] KEELC 15364 (KLR) (14 December 2022) (Ruling)
Neutral citation: [2022] KEELC 15364 (KLR)
Republic of Kenya
In the Environment and Land Court at Meru
Judicial Review 40 of 2011
CK Nzili, J
December 14, 2022
In The Matter Of An Application By M’amuru Stephen And Mberia M’rimbere For Orders Of Certiorari And Prohibition And In The Matter Of Sections And 9 Of The Law Refrom Act Cap 26 Laws Of Kenya And In The Matter Of Section 26 Of The Land Consolidation, Cap 283 Laws Of Kenya
Between
Republic
Applicant
and
Land Adjudication Officer Tigania Districts
Respondent
and
Timothy Kirimi Ikiao
Interested Party
Ruling
1. The court by an application dated August 20, 2020 is asked to interpret the judgment delivered on May 23, 2018 since Objection No 2841 in respect of Parcel No’s 1464 and 2266 within Antuamburi adjudication section has not been heard afresh in accordance with the law. The application is based on grounds on its face and a supporting affidavit of Timothy Kirimi Ikiao sworn on August 27, 2020. The grounds are that the court’s judgment quashed the objection proceedings and decision but left the parties in limbo without directions on the way forward.
2. Faced with a similar application in Republic vs Public Service Commission of Kenya and 2 2 others exparte Julius Odol Noberts & 27 others (2013) eKLR, the court held that there was nothing to interpret in the judgment of MK Ibrahim J as he then was, who had made a finding that the Public Service Commission had no jurisdiction to retire the applicants. The trial court issued orders of certiorari quashing the decisions. The court cited with approval KNEC vs Republic (exparte) Geoffrey Gathenji Njoroge & 9 others Nairobi Civil Appeal No 266 of 1996on the proposition that an order of certiorari obliterated the decision returning the parties to the position in which they were before the impugned decision was made.
3. The court held that the application was meant to delay the implementation of its decision and that the applicants should have implemented the decision or taken the appropriate steps availed to them by the law. The court dismissed the application.
4. In the present application, Mwangi Njoroge J pronounced himself on the objection proceedings and the impugned decision. He found the proceedings and the decision unsustainable in law and vacated it. In my view there is nothing for this court to interpret for the decision speaks for itself.
5. The parties herein know the implications of the quashing of the proceedings and the decision for they are ably represented by counsels who know or are deemed to know the law. Nothing was left in limbo or unclear by the trial courts.
6. The upshot is that the application lacks merits. The same is dismissed with costs.
Orders accordingly.
DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS THIS 14TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2022In presence of:C/A: KananuMr. Mwendwa for applicantHON. C.K. NZILIELC JUDGE