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Baytan vs. COMELEC

REYNATO BAYTAN, REYNALDO BAYTAN AND ADRIAN BAYTAN, PETITIONERS, VS. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 153945 | 2003-02-04

DECISION
 
CARPIO, J.:
 
The Case

Challenged in this petition for certiorari[1] with prayer for temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction is the Resolution dated June 3, 2002[2] of the Commission on Elections (“COMELEC” for brevity) en banc in E.O. Case No. 97-503. In its assailed Resolution, the COMELEC en banc denied the motion to reconsider Minute Resolution No. 00-2281 dated November 9, 2000[3] ordering the Law Department to file criminal cases for “double registration” against petitioners Reynato Baytan, Reynaldo Baytan and Adrian Baytan...