The Jasikan District Assembly (JDA) faces imminent ejection from its offices as its block of offices are up for auction to defray a judgement debt.
Auction notices issued by the Ho High Court, presided over by Justice Kofi Essel Mensah, have been posted on the administration block housing the District Chief Executive (DCE), staff, other offices and bungalows.
The offices, equipment and all structures on the parcel of land they occupy are to be auctioned to pay the landowners as ruled by the High Court recently.
Some landlords filed a suite against the Government for acquiring their land without paying them any compensation.
At the court, the defendants — namely the Attorney-General and Ministry of Local Government — did not put up any appearance, hence the judgement.
According to Nana Kofi Gray, counsel of the plaintiffs, the landlords filed the suit against the Government for failing to pay compensation of GH¢42,170.70.
He indicated that the lands which were the subject of the suit belonged to poor farmers who had grown old and despondent as a result of the loss of their livelihood and were expecting compensation to keep body and soul together.
At the time of the acquisition of the land, he said, the owners had properties in the form of houses and farms on the land, which the Lands Valuation Board (LVB) valued to the tune of GH¢42,170.70.
A visit to the JDA indicated that eviction notices had been pasted on various structures of the assembly following the court order.
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