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Miguel M. Mendoza vs. Public Service Commission, et al.

MIGUEL M. MENDOZA, petitioner, vs. THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, RICARDO SILVERIO, ALEX F. DE GUZMAN, ROGELIO MANALO, ESTELLA SERAFICA, FRANCISCO OLALIA, DOLORES VERGARA, LORENZO YOSUICO, FAUSTINO CANCHELA, FELISA TOLENTINO, ANGEL MALABANAN, EDUARDO FLAMINIANO, GUADALUPE VERGARA, GENOVEVA O?ATE, CARIDAD DELA CRUZ, PETRONILO ECHEVARIA, MARCIANO MAURICIO, PATROCINIA LORENZO, AMPARO LOMUNTAD, E. RENOLAYAN & JOSEFINA TAROSA, RIZAL TAXI CORP., CESAR RODRIGUEZ, LEXINGTON LAYUG, MILAGROS PARAISO, ESTELLA MENDOZA, JOJO TAXI, INC., TERESITA AFAN, ELISEO SIOPONGCO, ANTONIO VIDA, TEODORO RONGO, SEVERA GREGORIO, EDUARDO TUASON, PEDRO ESTELA, CARMELO VALERA, CRISTINA DELA CRUZ, LILIA VILLAREAL, ADELAIDA OLALIA, JULIA MANEGO, CRISTINO QUIMPO, ELIAS MENDEZ, ELENA REYES, GENEROSO GERUNDIO, MARIQUITA VERGARA, PETRONILA ZAFRA, LOIDA CAJUCOM, ALBERTO ALONSO, RAGANG TRANSPORTATION CO., Inc., JAIME D. REYES, JOJO, INCORPORATED (Velvet Taxicab Co., Inc.), ASUNCION CASTRO and MAURA MENDOZA, respondents.

G.R. Nos. L-31145-47 | 1981-11-19

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, J.:

The procedural due process objection was the basis for this certiorari proceeding with preliminary injunction. Petitioner alleged that without the hearing required, the amendment sought, which was considered as uncontested, was granted by respondent Public Service Commission. Thus the private respondents therein named 1 were allowed "to operate their taxicabs within the City of Manila and Suburbs and from said place to any point in the Island of Luzon accessible to motor vehicles and vice versa, but not to exceed a total of six hundred (600) taxicab units to be apportioned to the petitioners." 2 There was,...