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Emmanuel Pelaez vs. Auditor General 122 Phil. 965 or 15 SCRA 569

EMMANUEL PELAEZ, petitioner, vs. THE AUDITOR GENERAL, respondent.

G.R. No. L-23825 | 1965-12-24

D E C I S I O N 
 
CONCEPCION, J.: 
 
During the period from September 4 to October 29,1964 the President of the Philippines, purporting to act pursuant to Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code, issued Executive Orders Nos. 93 to 121, 124 and 126 to 129, creating thirty-three (33) municipalities enumerated in the margin. 1 Soon after the date last mentioned, or on November 10, 1964, petitioner Emmanuel Pelaez, as Vice-President of the Philippines and as taxpayer, instituted the present special civil action, for a writ of prohibition with preliminary injunction, against the Auditor General, to restrain him, as well...