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National Electrification Administration, et al. Vs. Filemon Mendoza, et al.

NATIONAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION (NEA) AND ORIENTAL MINDORO ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE I (ORMECO), petitioners, vs. HON. FILEMON MENDOZA IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE, COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF ORIENTAL MINDORO, BRANCH I and the INTEGRATED BAR OF THE PHILIPPINES (IBP), ORIENTAL MINDORO CHAPTER, respondents.

G.R. No. L-62038 | 1985-09-25

D E C I S I O N


ALAMPAY, J:

On February 20, 1981, petitioner Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative I or (ORMECO) I, sent notices to the electric consumers in Oriental Mindoro informing them that effective March 1, 1981, it will charge increased rates of electricity authorized by the National Electrification Administration (NEA) on February 4, 1981.

On March 17, 1981, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) Oriental Mindoro Chapter, thru its officers, opposing the increase of electric rates, filed a petition for injunction, docketed as Civil Case No. R-3326, in the Court of First Instance of Oriental Mindoro, to prevent the...