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Review Center Associations of the Philippines Vs. Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, et al.

REVIEW CENTER ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, versus EXECUTIVE SECRETARY EDUARDO ERMITA and COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION represented by its Chairman ROMULO L. NERI, Respondents. / CPA REVIEW SCHOOL OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC. (CPAR), PROFESSIONAL REVIEW AND TRAINING CENTER, INC. (PRTC), ReSA REVIEW SCHOOL, INC. (ReSA), CRC-ACE REVIEW SCHOOL, INC. (CRC-ACE), Petitioners-Intervenors. PIMSAT COLLEGES, Respondent-Intervenor.

G.R. No. 180046 | 2009-04-02

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO, J.:

The Case

Before the Court is a petition for prohibition and mandamus assailing Executive Order No. 566 (EO 566)[1] and Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Memorandum Order No. 30, series of 2007 (RIRR).[2]

The Antecedent Facts

On 11 and 12 June 2006, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) conducted the Nursing Board Examinations nationwide. In June 2006, licensure applicants wrote the PRC to report that handwritten copies of two sets of examinations were circulated during the examination period among the examinees reviewing at the R.A. Gapuz Review Center and Inress Review Center. George Cordero, Inress...