The Accra High Court (16) will on Wednesday 27th June, 2012, hear a contempt case filed against two government officials over their refusal to comply by a Court ruling which ordered the removal of illegal margins on the fuel price buildup. The case is a contempt of court charge brought against the chief executive of the National Petroleum Authority Mr Alex Mould and the managing director of Tema Oil Refinery, Mr Ato Ampaih, following their refusal to comply with court orders issued last year. On 28th November 2011, the High Court ordered the NPA and TOR to refund an estimated GH¢800 million of illegal fuel price margins disguised as “ex-refinery differential” into the Consolidated Fund, and also, to remove the illegal margins from the fuel price build up. The applicants behind this committal for contempt are Mr Kwaku Kwarteng, the NPP Parliamentary Candidate for Obuasi, Mr Abdul Ganiyu of Tamale, and Development Data, a policy research organization. The applicants have raised concerns that the money could be entering people’s pockets because it is not subject to the financial controls that funds lodged into the Consolidated Fund are subject to. Taxi and trotro drivers in Accra and other parts of the country together with sections of the public are expected to attend court in their large numbers on Wednesday, when the case is called for hearing. If convicted, Mr Alex Mould and Mr Ato Ampiah could face prison terms.