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Social Justice Society Vs. Hon. Jose D. Lina etc. et al.

SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIETY (SJS), Petitioner, versus HON. JOSE D. LINA, in his capacity as Secretary of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Lipa City Mayor HON. VILMA SANTOS-RECTO, Pampanga Provincial Governor HON. LITO LAPID, and Para?aque City Mayor HON. JOEY MARQUEZ, Respondents.

G.R. No. 160031 | 2008-12-18

D E C I S I O N


NACHURA, J.:

Assailed in this Rule 45 petition are the June 30, 2003[1] and the September 12, 2003[2] Orders of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Manila, Branch 14 in Civil Case No. 02-104585.

Filed with the trial court on September 12, 2002, by petitioner Social Justice Society, a registered political party, with the trial court was a petition for declaratory relief against the then Secretary of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), respondent Jose D. Lina,.[3] praying for Presented for resolution in its petition is the proper construction of Section 90 of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 7160, which provides...