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Buntu Zabulon v Mbarara Local Government Council,Mbarara District Service Commission (HCT-05-CV-MA-103-2004 ) (HCT-05-CV-MA-103-2004)

High Court · [2005] UGHC 113 · 2005 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for judicial review of alleged dismissal or retirement from employment
Decision
Application for judicial review struck out for non-compliance with statutory time limit

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Holding

Application for judicial review struck out as incompetent for failure to comply with the three-month limitation period under section 38(7) of the Judicature Act. The applicant's pleadings did not establish a certain date when the ground of application arose, and assuming the ground arose on 11 August 2003, the application registered in 2004 was filed beyond the stipulated period with no good reason shown for extension.

Outcome

Application for judicial review struck out for non-compliance with statutory time limit

Facts

The applicant sought judicial review concerning his alleged dismissal or retirement from employment with the respondents. The pleadings variously referred to dismissal and retirement but provided no clear date when such termination was effected. The applicant last contacted the Principal Personnel Officer on 11 August 2003. The application was registered in 2004. The respondents raised a preliminary objection that the application disclosed no cause of action.

Issues

  1. Whether the application for judicial review was made within the three-month limitation period prescribed by section 38(7) of the Judicature Act.

Orders

  • Application struck out as incompetent.
  • Costs awarded to the respondents.

Rules and key headnotes

Judicial Review — Time Limits — Requirement for Promptness and Three-Month Period
An application for judicial review must be made promptly and in any case within three months from the date when the ground of the application arose, unless the court has good reason for extending the period within which the application shall be made.
Judicial Review — Competence of Application — Certainty of Date When Ground Arose
For an application for judicial review to be competent under section 38(7) of the Judicature Act, there must be certainty as to the date when the ground of the application arose in order to determine whether the application has been processed within the stipulated three-month period.
Administrative Law — Employment Disputes — Judicial Review of Dismissal or Retirement
Where pleadings in a judicial review application concerning employment termination refer variously to dismissal and retirement without establishing the certain date of such termination, and the application is filed beyond the three-month statutory period with no good reason for extension, the application is incompetent and must be struck out.

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Buntu Zabulon v Mbarara Local Government Council,Mbarara District Service Commission (HCT-05-CV-MA-103-2004 ) (HCT-05-CV-MA-103-2004) [2005] UGHC 113 (13 July 2005)
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