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Rene Knecht, et al. Vs. Aniano A. Desierto, et al.

RENE KNECHT and CRISTINA DE KNECHT, petitioners, vs. HON. ANIANO A. DESIERTO, as OMBUDSMAN; HON. JEJOMAR BINAY, as Mayor of Makati City; HON. PABLO CUNETA, as Mayor of Pasay City; HON. MANUEL JAMES RATERTA, as Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor General; ENGR. JESUS REYNA, as City Engineer of Pasay City; ATTY. PEPITO ABAD, as Chief of Civil Security Unit, Pasay City; RONALDO E. LAMPITOC, JR., as Deputy Sheriff of MTC, Branch 46, Pasay City; LUIS LASA, as Deputy Sheriff of RTC, Branch 111, Pasay City; and MARIANO NOCOM, respondent.

G.R. No. 121916 | 1998-06-26

D E C I S I O N

MARTINEZ, J:

This is a petition for mandamus under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court which seeks to compel the Office of the Ombudsman to proceed with its preliminary investigation of respondents on complaint for violation of Section 3(e) of R.A. 3019 and thereafter to file the corresponding information in court against said respondents.

The pertinent facts of the case are as follows:

On July 6, 1990, the Republic of the Philippines filed with the Regional Trial Court of Pasay City an Amended Petition for Determination of Just Compensation for lands expropriated under B.P. Blg. 340. In said case, entitled "Republic of the...