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Batioco, et al vs. Bautista

LUZ BATIOCO and VIRGILIO GEROLAGA, petitioners, vs. THE HON. PEDRO JR. BAUTISTA in his capacity as Executive Judge of the Court of First Instance of Pasay City and LORENZO STA. ANA, in his capacity as Clerk of Court, Court of First Instance in Pasay City,

G.R. No. L-34253 | 1971-10-29

D E C I S I O N


TEEHANKEE, J:

Original action for a writ of mandamus directing respondent judge to order the docketing by respondent clerk of court of 193 verified petitions for exclusion of more than 6,000 allegedly fictitious voters in Pasay City. The Court grants the petition and orders that said petitions be forthwith heard and resolved before election day, November 8, 1971.

214 verified exclusion petitions were concededly sought to be filed with respondent clerk during office hours of October 19, 1971, the last of the 10-day period from October 9, 1971 (the date fixed by the Commission on Elections under section 240 of the...