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Buendia, et al. vs. City of Baguio, et al.

GENEROSO A. BUENDIA, PATRICIO C. PEREZ, and FEDERICO L. CABATO, petitioners, vs. THE CITY OF BAGUIO, THE CITY TREASURER of Baguio, CITY AUDITOR of Baguio, THE HONORABLE SECRETARY OF JUSTICE, and THE HONORABLE AUDITOR GENERAL, respondents. / NAPOLEON D. VI

G.R. No. L-33156 / No. L-34011 | 1973-07-25

D E C I S I O N

TEEHANKEE, J:

The two petitions at bar are herein jointly decided since they involve a common question of law raised by petitioners-city judges of Baguio and Butuan Cities against respondent Auditor-General's ruling based on the opinion of respondent Secretary of Justice that under the express proviso of the second paragraph of section 7 of Republic Act No. 5967 (enacted without Executive approval on June 21, 1969) 1 petitioners' salary as city judges "shall be at least one hundred pesos per month less than that of the city mayor," i.e. at P16,800.00 per annum since the city mayors receive a salary of P18,000.00 per...