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GREGORIO CO, ET AL. vs. DEPORTATION BOARD

GREGORIO CO and HERCULANO CO, petitioners-appellees, vs. THE DEPORTATION BOARD, respondent-appellant.

G.R. No. L-22748 | 1977-07-29

FERNANDO, J.:

The basic question before us is whether the judiciary may entertain an action for prohibition and habeas corpus filed against the Deportation Board, now appellant, during the pendency of an inquiry against petitioners, now appellees, that may possibly lead to their expulsion from the country. The then Judge Jesus de Veyra of the Manila Court of First Instance, in a well-written decision, sustained his jurisdiction, granted the relief sought on the ground that they were Filipinos, and restrained appellant Board from taking further cognizance of the proceeding. Hence this appeal by the Deportation Board. On the basis of the...