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Samuel B. Ong vs. Office of the President, et al.

SAMUEL B. ONG, Petitioner, vs. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, ET AL., Respondents.

G.R. No. 184219 | 2012-01-30

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N

REYES, J.:


The Case


Before us is a petition for review1 on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court filed by Samuel B. Ong (Ong) to assail the Decision2 rendered by the Court of Appeals (CA) on August 5, 2008 in CA-G.R. SP No. 88673, the dispositive portion of which reads:


WHEREFORE, in view of the foregoing premises, the petition for quo warranto filed in this case is hereby DENIED.


SO ORDERED.3


Ong died on May 22, 2009 during the pendency of the instant petition.4 Admittedly, Ong's death rendered the prayer for reinstatement in the petition for quo warranto as moot and academic. However, substitution5 was...