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Primo T. Ocampo, Et Al. vs. Francisco Duque, Et Al.

PRIMO T. OCAMPO, OLIVER G. CABEL, RODOLFO D. RODRIGO, FRANCISCO R. RODRIGO, CONRADO M. SORIANO, GRACIANO G. GAYAPA, JR., and DIOSDADO VILLARIN, JR., petitioners, vs. FRANCISCO DUQUE, ANTONIO VILLAR, HUGO E. SANSANO, ANTONIO DE GUZMAN, and PEDRO CABUAY, as Governor, Vice-Governor and Members of the Provincial Board of the Province of Pangasinan, respondents.

G.R. No. L-23812 | 1966-04-30

D E C I S I O N 


ZALDIVAR, J.: 

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondents who compose the Provincial Board of the province of Pangasinan to appropriate funds needed to pay the salaries of petitioners whose positions as Special Counsels in the office of the Provincial Fiscal of Pangasinan were abolished by respondents by eliminating the appropriation for those offices from the 1964-65 annual budget of the province. 

The petitioners were appointed Special Counsels pursuant to Sec. 1686 of the Revised Administrative Code, to assist the Provincial Fiscal of Pangasinan in the prosecution no of any specified...