Wengert Windrose Safari Ltd vs Director of Wildlife & Others (Misc. Civil Cause 35 of 1993) [1999] TZHC 27 (9 February 1999)

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was n e g a t i v h ] y a] 1eg«d . They argue that the de ci s i o n was p r o p e r l y reached; that; Ap pli can t was suf fi ci en tl y given notice and a ff ord ed chance to he heard as per' nonumin lcat 1oris d at ed nth April 1995; 25th April, 1998 and an invoice issued by Mnken.i on 1 Rth April and further e x te ns io n orally to 28th from 27th April (/citing (HA) A gr o Industries h inrited Versus The A t t o r n e y General , f !iv i 1 A p p e a 7 No. 24 of 1990); that reasons adva nc ed by 2nd Respondent. are re as o n a bl e as they were based "on official oo;rrespondenoes arid d o cu me nt s availa ble at the M i n i s t r y " * that the "fees" referred to In the "Consensus" Agreement do not cover "Top -up fees which is penal in character,.1 ' and wh ic h "cannot be given a prior dead lin e for pay me nt bec au se it is not po ssi ble to for esse when a viol at ion would occur" and that therefore the d ea dl i n e indicated therein is inapplicable leaving the 1st R es po nd e nt to act as he did". They concl ud ed that there was no use of re-a 1 locat i ng the blocks to a party who would under - u t ;1 i se t liHin . Let us now brief ly go over what the court's pow ers are as regards judicial review of ad mi nis tr at iv e decisions, It is gener all y and legally agreed that a d m i n j s t r a t i v e dec is i on ,/ac t ione oan be reviewed by Courts if they depict illegality, i; ? r ;a t iona 1 i t y and pr oc ed u ra l impropriety. The . - ■ e l iefs which courts grant are in the form of Certiorari., Ma n d a m u s and pr oh ib it i o n or di na ri ly known as pr e r o g a t i v e orders and which are both d i s c r e t i o n a r y and equitable.

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a o c e p t p a y m e n t of fftfii a day { 2 9 / 4 / 9 8 ) b e f o r e the o f f i c i a l d e a d l i n e . That apart. the A p p l i c a n t w as a f f o r d e d no c h a n c e to d e f e n d his pi igh t . arid no r e a s o n s w e r e a d v a n c e d for the w i t h d r a w a l of tdie 2 h u n t i n g b l o c k s , I h a v e a l s o f o u n d t h a t the 2nd R e s p o n d e n t a c t e d on fal se i n f o r m a t j on a nd in.sufftc.ient e v i d e n c e w h e n d i sm i .ss ing the A p p l i c a n t ' s appeal to her. I will e n d e a v o r h e r e b e l o w to d e m o n s V ra te h o w and wh y T h a ve a r r i v e d at t V ie s a id cr > n c 1 .n s io n s . A l t h o u g h Hr K am b a, Gen ior R t a t e A t t o r n e y , i n s i s t s that the Respondent' g a v e A p p l i c a n t e n o u g h n ot i c e , i n v o i c e and r e m i n d e r s a g a i n s t w h i c h adaiiia.no/ to p a y the t o p - u p of trie 40% u n d e r - ut i1 .i.x.at ion of the as; ita w e n t on to be d i s p l a y e d by A p p l i c a n t until the 2 8 / 4 / 9 8 w h e n the d e c i s i o n to w i t h d r a w the t w o b l o c k s w a s made,, and t h e r e f o r e j u s t i f i e d , t h i s a r g u m e n t s u f f e r s f r o m v a r i o u s s h o r t - c o n n ngs as I will s h o r t l y d e m o n s t r a t e . T h e R e s p o n d e n t ' s letter’ d a t e d f>/4/98, s i m p l y i n f o r m s the A p p l i c a n t as fo llo w s, "We w i s h to i n f o r m you that y o u r f i rm lias h u n t e d b e l o w 40" of the q u o t a g i v e n for the u n d e r li s te d b u n t i n g b lo cks ; 1 . M u h u w e s i G a m e R e s e r v e (149;) 2, ” i . x icc G a m e R e s e r v e (G) (33%) 3. Kir. i go G a m e R e s e r v e (K) (16%) C o n s e q u e n t 1 y , your r e q u i r e d to top u p the d i f f e r e n c e b e f o r e 1 9 th of A pr il . 1998.

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