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Dismissed Overseer High Court Matter… Defendants a no-show

Feb 08, 2011 News

The defendants in the High Court matter with  dismissed East Canje Overseer, Godfrey Evans, did not show up at the New Amsterdam High Court last Friday.  Justice Roxanne George- Wiltshire had given the defendants, Regional Chairman of Region Six, Zulfikar Mustapha, and Regional Executive Officer Bhadase Poonai, until last Friday to say why their decision to dismiss Evans should not be quashed.
During the proceedings last Friday, the judge called upon Attorneys Ramesh Rajkumar, former government Member of Parliament, and Adrian Anamayah to explain why the defendants were absent.
Evans, who has been working with the Number 38 Ordnance- Fortlands NDC for nearly 40 years having been employed since 1971, was dismissed with immediate effect on December 12, last year upon instructions from Regional Chairman Zulfikar Mustapha.
The dismissal was confirmed in a letter signed by acting Regional Executive Officer Bhadase Poonai. Evans and a sluice attendant were dismissed with immediate effect after a sluice in Cumberland was left open and caused flooding in the area.
The Affidavit was served on the Attorney General, the Regional Democratic Council of Region Six and the Minister of Local Government.
In the writ, Evans, a father of two, who has been the overseer since 1987, is stating that the Regional Democratic Council of Region Six had no jurisdiction to terminate his employment and exceeded its jurisdiction when it purported to terminate his employment.
The matter has now been sscheduled to February 25, 2011 for fixture and hearing. Notices will also be served on the defendants for their non- appearance last Friday. (Leon Suseran)

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