A Kumasi High Court has dismissed a suit filed by Chief Inspector Samuel Kura against the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the state over his promotion.
The court presided over by Justice Kwasi Anokye Gyimah in its ruling on Friday, June 14, 2024, said chief inspectors are not entitled to automatic promotion merely because they have acquired a higher academic qualification.
“After trial, the court determined, inter alia, that plaintiffs had failed to prove their case by a preponderance of probabilities.
“Just because the plaintiff has acquired a higher educational qualification does not mean that he is entitled to promotion solely on the basis of that qualification. Therefore, depending on the mode of recruitment, admission to the police academy will be by competitive examination or special recommendation as per the police service rules,” the judgement noted.
“The Court therefore encourages the plaintiff to continue taking the entrance exam as it may give him an advantage in future examinations,” it added.
The plaintiff alleged that despite the plaintiff having served the police for 25 to 30 years, the police authorities promoted his junior colleagues to other ranks with the same amnesty but refused to accord him the same treatment of assistance in admission to the police academy to facilitate his promotion to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP).
Other lawsuits over delayed promotions
Other lawsuits over the promotions have yet to be resolved.
For example, in May 2023, About 82 police officers have filed lawsuits. The suit is against the Attorney-General (first defendant), the Ghana Police Service (second defendant) and the Inspector-General of Police (third defendant).
The plaintiffs also allege that the Ghana Police Service did not promote the plaintiffs after they completed their studies under the organisationβs paid leave scheme.
In the suit filed at an Accra High Court on May 15, the officers, led by Sub-Inspector Kofi Osal, claim they were denied deserved promotions and admission to the police academy despite successfully completing their studies in the 2017/2018 academic year.
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