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METSOLA v CHAIRMAN, PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION & ANOR 1989 (3) ZLR 147 (S)

1989 (3) ZLR p147

Citation

1989 (3) ZLR 147 (S)

Case No

Details not supplied

Court

Supreme Court, Harare

Judge

Gubbay JA, Manyarara JA & Korsah JA

Heard

9 October 1989

Judgment

30 October 1989

Counsel

M J Gillespie for the appellant
A P de Bourbon SC, with him B Q P Simelane, for the respondents

Case Type

Civil appeal

Annotations

Link to case annotations

Flynote

Administrative law — audi alteram partem rule — meaning of — "legitimate expectation" approach — statutes allowing administrative authorities to make decisions affecting individual property or liberty — whether audi rule incorporated in statute.

Statutes — Public Service (Officers) (Misconduct and Discharge) Regulations 1986 — s 19 — determination by Public Service Commission of guilt — officer found guilty by inquiring authority under 1979 Regulations after full inquiry — Commission — finding officer guilty without further hearing — whether audi alteram partem rule breached — s 20(1)(i) — cannot be delegated to Comptroller and Auditor-General.

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