IN THE MATTER OF THE REPUBLIC   VRS  THE COURT OF APPEAL This is an application for an Order of Certiorari to quash the decision of the Court of Appeal delivered on or about the 20th of December 2001 and for an Order of Mandamus to compel the Court of Appeal to rehear and determine the matter before it according to law in conformity with Rules 31 and 32 of the Court of Appeal Rules 1997 (C.I.19)