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Hipolito O. Tatlonghari Vs. Commission On Elections

HIPOLITO O. TATLONGHARI, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, CESAR C. CASTILLO, REYNALDO B. GILERA, MILQUIADES BAUTISTA JR., and ADELAIDA M. ALDOVINO, respondents. Balita, Valero & Associates for petitioner. Roberto B. Panganiban for respondent Cesar C. Castillo.

G.R. No. 86645 | 1991-07-31

D E C I S I O N


BIDIN, J.:

This is a petition for certiorari and mandamus seeking to nullify the minute resolution of the Second Division of respondent Commission on Elections (COMELEC) dated September 22, 1988 dismissing the petition for declaration of nullity of proclamation in SPC No. 88-824 (entitled Hipolito O. Tatlonghari v. Cesar Castillo, et al.) as well as the resolution of COMELEC en banc dated January 19, 1989 denying petitioner's motion for reconsideration of the aforesaid minute resolution. The remedy of mandamus is being sought to compel respondent COMELEC to proclaim petitioner as the duly elected municipal councilor of...