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Central Bank Employees Association vs. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)

CENTRAL BANK (now Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, INC., Petitioner, versus BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPINAS and the EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, Respondents.

G.R. No. 148208 | 2004-12-15

D E C I S I O N
 
PUNO, J.:
 
Can a provision of law, initially valid, become subsequently unconstitutional, on the ground that its continued operation would violate the equal protection of the law? We hold that with the passage of the subsequent laws amending the charter of seven (7) other governmental financial institutions (GFIs), the continued operation of the last proviso of Section 15(c), Article II of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 7653, constitutes invidious discrimination on the 2,994 rank-and-file employees of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).
 
I.
The Case
 
First the facts.
 
On July 3, 1993, R.A. No. 7653 (the New...