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PLDT vs Public Service Comm./MERALCO vs Public Service Comm.

PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY, petitioner, vs. THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, respondent

G.R. No. L-26762 | 1975-08-29

R E S O L U T I O N

MAKALINTAL, J:

In its decision dated August 31, 1970, this Court affirmed with modification the position of the Public Service Commission (now the Specialized Regulatory Boards or "SRB") on the interpretation and application of Section 40, paragraph (e), of the Public Service Act (146), as amended by Section 5 of Republic Act 3792. The said section as amended reads as follows:

"Section forty of the same Act, as amended by Commonwealth Act numbered Four Hundred Fifty-Four, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
'Section 40.The Commission is authorized and ordered to charge and collect from any public service or...