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Carlos Superdrug Corporation vs DSWD

CARLOS SUPERDRUG CORP., doing business under the name and style "Carlos Superdrug,"ELSIE M. CANO, doing business under the name and style "Advance Drug," Dr. SIMPLICIO L. YAP, JR., doing business under the name and style "City Pharmacy," MELVIN S. DELA SERNA, doing business under the name and style "Botica dela Serna," and LEYTE SERV-WELL CORP., doing business under the name and style "Leyte Serv-Well Drugstore," Petitioners, versus DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE and DEVELOPMENT (DSWD), DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH), DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE (DOF), DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ), and DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR and LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DILG), Respondents.

G.R. No. 166494 | 2007-06-29

               D E C I S I O N 
 
AZCUNA, J.: 
 
This is a petition[1] for Prohibition with Prayer for Preliminary Injunction assailing the constitutionality of Section 4(a) of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9257,[2] otherwise known as the "Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2003." 
 
Petitioners are domestic corporations and proprietors operating drugstores in the Philippines. 
 
Public respondents, on the other hand, include the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the Department of Health (DOH), the Department of Finance (DOF), the Department of...