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Ramos vs. Aquino

EDILBERTO M. RAMOS, PACIANO CAPALONGAN, VICTORINO REYES, CONSORCIA JOVEN, JOSEFINA COLOMA, JOSE JOAQUIN, petitioners-appellants, vs. HON. BENJAMIN H. AQUINO, Provincial Fiscal, Pasig, Rizal, BRIG. GEN. ROMEO ESPINO, AFP, Commanding General, Philippine Arm

G.R. No. L-28594 | 1971-06-30

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, J:

A constitutional question with an element of novelty is raised in this appeal from a lower court order dismissing an action for certiorari and prohibition against the then respondent Fiscal of Rizal, Benjamin H. Aquino, to prevent him from conducting a preliminary investigation. It is whether there is an encroachment on the constitutional prerogatives of the Auditor General if, after the final approval of certain vouchers by him without an appeal being made, an inquiry by a provincial fiscal to determine whether criminal liability for malversation through falsification of public, official and commercial documents...