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Lopez vs. Ericta, et al

SALVADOR P. LOPEZ, President of the University of the Philippines; BOARD OF REGENTS, University of the Philippines; and OSEAS DEL ROSARIO, Officer-in-Charge, College of Education, University of the Philippines, petitioners, vs. HON. VICENTE ERICTA, Judge

G.R. No. L-32991 | 1972-06-29

D E C I S I O N


MAKALINTAL, J:

This case presents the question of whether or not respondent Dr. Consuelo S. Blanco was duly elected Dean of the College of Education, University of the Philippines, in the meeting of the Board of Regents on July 9, 1970, at which her ad interim appointment by University President Salvador P. Lopez, one of the petitioners here, was submitted for consideration.

The question was originally ventilated in a petition for certiorari filed by Dr. Blanco in the Court of First Instance of Quezon City, presided by respondent Judge Vicente Ericta, who decided the question affirmatively on December 3, 1970. The...