JENSEN LA VENDE

The Privy Coun­cil has ruled that the con­sti­tu­tion­al rights of a re­tired fire­man, who was by­passed for a pro­mo­tion on sev­er­al oc­ca­sions, were breached and or­dered the High Court to as­sess what pos­si­ble dam­ages he is owed.

Siew­nar­ine Ram­saran, who was rep­re­sent­ed by Anand Ram­lo­gan, SC, and Jodie Black­stock, had sued the of­fice of the Chief Fire Of­fi­cer, the Pub­lic Ser­vice Com­mis­sion (PSC) and the Of­fice of the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al, claim­ing his rights un­der sec­tions 4(b) and 4(d) of the Con­sti­tu­tion were breached.