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Rudy J. De Leon, et al. Vs. Teofilo Guadiz, Jr.

RUDY J. DE LEON, DANILO MAGNO, JUAN TINIO, ALFREDO LAMSON, JUAN OSTARES, CRISOLITO SABINO, ROSITA DE PAZ, FRANCISCO ALVAREZ, ET AL., petitioners, vs. HON. JUDGE TEOFILO GUADIZ, JR., Presiding Judge, Court of First Instance, Fourth Judicial District, Province of Nueva Ecija and JOVENAL ALDABA, ET AL., respondents.

G.R. Nos. L-55922-23 | 1981-05-26

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J:

In this Petition for Review on Certiorari, petitioners, who were the defeated candidates for Vice-Mayor and Members of the Sangguniang Bayan of San Antonio, Nueva Ecija, respectively, seek a reversal of respondent Court's Order, dated March 27, 1980, which dismissed their Election Protest for alleged failure, within the period given by the Court, to file their separate amended protests and to pay the filing fees and cash deposits as required by Comelec Resolution No. 1451, as well as of the Orders of May 16 and October 3, 1980 denying reconsideration.

On February 12, 1980, petitioners filed a joint...