clement conrad vs registrar of co operative societies another 1990 tzca 27 16 july 1990

IN THE COURT OP APPEAL OP TANZANIA AT PAR ES SALAAM CCORAM: MAKAME, J.A«. OMAR. J.A., All) MFALILA. J.A«) CIVIL APPEAL NO. 36 OF 1991 BEITVEEN CLEMENT CONRAD BEREGECHAIRMAN IfflCU ( l 9 8 4 ) -LIMIGSn). . . . . . APH3LLAOT AND 1. REGISTRAR OP CO-OIERATIVE SOCIETIES 2. ATTORNEY GENERAL. . . . . RSSPONIENTS (Appeal from the Judgement * f th* High Court - o f Tanzania at- D^alaam) ( Lugakingira, J .) dated the 1®th day o f January^ 1991 in M isc. C i v i l Case No* 35 o f 199fl RULI NG OMAfet J . A .* f> The appellant Mr, Clement Berege was the Chairman # f Manning Committee o f the Mcrogoro Region -Co~ope:i>ativ* Uni»* ! j (19^4) Ltd, which committee was disolved on 12/4/90 l y a & «cision o f the Union’ s Special General Meeting c a lle d "by tho Registrar o f Cc—operative S o cie tie s , the f i r s t respondent* Mr. Berege then applied in the High Court fp r order * f C ertiorari a fte r pointing out that the Spe*ial * General Me-eting acted w ithout--jurisdiction and ^r wrongly exercised ju r is d ic tio n and that the prooedur* follow ed in the meeting v io la te d the rules o f natural ju s t ic e . The Hi^ti Court (Lugakingira* J . ) held that th« a£~^3a& &Tysjtsi p lr -Qoo^r-el— yig-'wqg 1 r e fu s e d -to grant C e r t io r a r i* He d isch a rg e d the in terim •f^der made on 1 9 /5 /9 0 r e in s t a t in g Berqge and h is com mittee f o r the secon d tim e, and allow ed the c a re ta k e r com m ittee le d by Mr. Onasia K isanga t o assume the d u tie s o f managing •ommittee u n t i l a new committee was formed a c c o r d in g t o the U n io n 's 'by-law s. This appeal con cern s the above c e c i s i o n o f the High C o u r t. But b e fo r e i t was argued Mr. I-J^rema the learn ed S ta te A ttorn ey r e p re s e n tin g the A ttorney G eneral, the second resp on d en t, r a is e d a p relim in a ry o b je c t i o n th at the appeal was incom petent because leave t o appeal as en visaged l y S e*.‘ 5 (1 ) 0 o f th e A p p ella te J u r i s d i c t i o n Act was not • b ta in ed in the H i$ i C ou rt, Hr. Marando, the lea rn ed advocate f o r the a p p e lla n t, agreed w ith t h is su bm ission and gave h is rea son s th u s: " I was ushered in t o t h is case ra th e r la t e I to o k ov er from Mr. Mcliora, the advocate, and I looked, in t o th e re c o rd and found no lea v e t o have been sought* I *on ced e the su bm ission is pertinent**. There seems t o be no reason a b le e x p la n a tio n fn r the o m iss io n . The appeal b e fo r e us i s incom petent f o r want o f leav e by the High C ou rt, Ife a c c o r d in g ly s t r ik e i t o u t , Eaoh p arty t o bear h is own c o s t s . DATED at DAB ES SALAAM t h is 16th ^-ay o f J u ly , 1992* L. M. MAKAME JUSTICE OF APPEAL A. M. A. OMAR JUSTICE OF AFFEAL L. M. MFALILA JUSTICE OF APBBAL. 0 I o r t i f y ths;t t h i s in a tru e cojry o f th e original* EBHJTY REGISTRAR.