HDC takes Junior Sammy to court

The matter came up for hearing yesterday at the San-Fernando High Court.

HDC is seeking damages for trespass from Junior Sammy Contractors Ltd, businessman Shaun Sammy and another man identified as Robert Gormandy.

HDC is identified as a State agency and Junior Sammy Contractors is an infrastructural organisation in Trinidad and Tobago.

Based on court documents, HDC is contending that Gormandy had no right, title or interest whatsoever in the land — a three-acre plot located at Couva near the Couva Junior Secondary and the Couva Government Secondary Schools.

According to court documents filed in the High Court, a declaration of agreement was made between Gormandy and Sammy (Shaun) last month when Gormandy is purported to have sold the land to the businessman in “fee simple absolute”.

The matter yesterday came up for hearing before Justice Ricky Rahim in Chambers.

Attorneys Ramesh L Maharaj SC, Ronnie Bissessar, and Darin Gopaul Gosein are representing the defendants, Gormandy and Sammy while HDC is being represented by attorneys Ravi Heffes-Doon and Andre Rudder.

At the hearing yesterday, the HDC gave an undertaking that they will not enter upon or take any steps to enter the subject lands while Gormandy agreed that he would remain off the subject lands.

Junior Sammy Construction Ltd also agreed that it will no longer carry out any construction work at the lands.

Newsday learnt that the purpose of the order is to maintain a stay that would allow the court to adjudicate on the matter in the next four or five months.