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Municipality of Kananga vs Judge Fortunito Madrona, RTC, Ormoc City (Br 35); and the City of Ormoc

MUNICIPALITY OF KANANGA, Represented by its Mayor, Hon. GIOVANNI M. NAPARI, petitioner, vs. Hon. FORTUNITO L. MADRONA, Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court of Ormoc City (Branch 35); and the CITY OF ORMOC, Represented by its Mayor, Hon. EUFROCINO M. CODILLA SR., respondents.

G.R. No. 141375 | 2003-04-30

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Since there is no legal provision specifically governing jurisdiction over boundary disputes between a municipality and an independent component city, it follows that regional trial courts have the power and the authority to hear and determine such controversy.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Certiorari[1] under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court, seeking to annul the October 29, 1999 Order[2] issued by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Ormoc City (Branch 35) in Civil Case No. 3722-O. The decretal portion of the assailed Order reads as follows:

"For the foregoing considerations, this Court is not...