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Pedro W. Guerzon Vs. Court of Appeals

PEDRO W. GUERZON, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, BUREAU OF ENERGY UTILIZATION, F. C. CAASI, JR., and PILIPINAS SHELL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. L-77707 | 1988-08-08

D E C I S I O N


CORTES, J.:

Raised by petitioner to this Court is the issue of whether or not the Bureau of Energy Utilization, the agency charged with regulating the operations and trade practices of the petroleum industry, has the power to order a service station operator-lessee to vacate the service station and to turn over its possession to the oil company-lessor upon the expiration of the dealership and lease agreements.

The facts, as found by the Court of Appeals, are as follows:

Basic antecedent facts show that on January 9, 1981 petitioner Pedro Guerzon executed with Basic Landoil Energy Corporation, which was later acquired...