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The District Land and Housing Tribunal lacked jurisdiction to entertain a dispute arising from a loan agreement secured by land, as the matter was contractual and not a land dispute. All proceedings and orders are void ab initio for want of jurisdiction.
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The High Court granted leave to appeal in a land matter, holding the applicant raised arguable issues and that procedural objections were curable.
The High Court allowed a criminal appeal over obtaining money by false pretence, quashed the conviction, set aside the sentence, and found the dispute was contractual.
The dispute was fundamentally contractual, not a land dispute, and the reliefs sought required termination of contract, which is outside the jurisdiction of the District Land and Housing Tribunal. Therefore, the Tribunal lacked jurisdiction and its proceedings were null and void.
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