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Gonzales vs. Hechanova 9 SCRA 230 or 118 Phil 1065

RAMON A. GONZALES, petitioner, vs. RUFINO G. HECHANOVA, as Executive Secretary, MACARIO PERALTA, JR., as Secretary of Defense, PEDRO GIMENEZ, as Auditor General, CORNELIO BALMACEDA, as Secretary of Commerce and Industry, and SALVADOR MARI?O, as Secretary of Justice, respondents.

G.R. No. L-21897 | 1963-10-22

D E C I S I O N 
 
CONCEPCION, J.: 
 
This is an original action for prohibition with preliminary injunction.
 
It is not disputed that on September 22, l963, respondent Executive Secretary authorized the importation of 67,000 tons of foreign rice to be purchased from private sources, and created a rice procurement committee composed of the other respondents herein for the implementation of said proposed importation. Thereupon, or on September 25, 1963, herein 1 petitioner, Ramon A. Gonzales - a rice planter, and president of the Iloilo Palay and Corn Planters Association, whose members are, likewise, engaged in the...