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ANDESSO STANDARD TANZANIA LIMITED .RESPONDENT(Appeal from a judgment and Decree of theHigh Court of Tanzania at Dar es Salaam)(Babati, Ag. J.) dated 20 th day of March,JUDGEMENT OF THE COURTMAKAME, J.A.:The appellant in this appeal was employed as a clerk by the respondentcompany. In July 1980 he was summarily dismissed from his employment.Because he was dissatisfied he appealed to the Conciliation Board of TemekeDistrict in accordance with the Security of Employment Act 1964. The Board wasof the view that the dismissal was unjustified so it accordingly ordered theappellant’s re-instatement. In turn the respondent company referred the matter tothe Minister for Labour. On 8 thJanuary 1981 the Commissioner for Labour,acting under his delegated powers, reversed the decision of the Conciliationboard. The appellant filed a suit in the High court seeking a declaration that hisdismissal by the respondent company was invalid so he was still in theiremployment. His contention was that in his adtion the Minister for Labour hadoffended the principles of natural justice because the appellant was denied theopportunity of submitting his memorandum in reply to that by the respondentcompany.In the Written Statement of Defence the respondent company conteded that theappellant had been properly dismissed and that the High Court had no519

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