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NAWASA vs. Secretary Of Public Works And Communication

NATIONAL WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE AUTHORITY, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SECRETARY OF PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-20928 | 1966-03-31

D E C I S I O N 


REYES, J.B.L., J.: 

Direct appeal from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Manila, Branch XII, rendered in its Civil Case No. 43729, annulling and setting aside an administrative decision of the Secretary of Public Works and Communications, appealed to said court pursuant to the provisions of the Irrigation Law (Act 2152). 

The controversy started from a letter complaint, dated January 7, 1959, of the Project Engineer of the Angat River Irrigation System to the Director of Public Works, asking that representations be made to the National Waterworks and Sewerage Authority (NAWASA for short) to secure...