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Aala et al. vs. Uy et al.

CRISANTO M. AALA, ROBERT N. BALAT, DATU BELARDO M. BUNGAD, CESAR B. CUNTAPAY, LAURA S. DOMINGO, GLORIA M. GAZMEN-TAN, and JOCELYN P. SALUDARES-CADAYONA, Petitioners, vs. HON. REY T. UY, in his capacity as the City Mayor of Tagum City, Davao del Norte, MR. ALFREDO H. SILAWAN, in his capacity as City Assessor of Tagum City, HON. DE CARLO L. UY, HON. ALLAN L. RELLON, HON. MARIA LINA F. BAURA, HON. NICANDRO T. SUAYBAGUIO, JR., HON. ROBERT L. SO, HON. JOEDEL T. CAASI, HON. OSCAR M. BERMUDEZ, HON. ALAN D. ZULUETA, HON. GETERITO T. GEMENTIZA, HON. TRISTAN ROYCE R. AALA, HON. FRANCISCO C. REMITAR, in their capacity as City Councilors of Tagum City, Davao del Norte, HON. ALFREDO R. PAGDILAO, in his capacity as ABC representative, and HON. MARIE CAMILLE C. MANANSALA, in her capacity as SKF representative, Present: SERENO, C.J., CARPIO, VELASCO, JR., LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, PERALTA, BERSAMIN, DEL CASTILLO, MENDOZA, REYES, PERLAS-BERNABE, LEONEN, JARDELEZA, and CAGUIOA, JJ.

G.R. No. 202781 | 2017-01-10

Republic of the Philipines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
EN BANC
 
DECISION
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
Parties must comply with the doctrines on hierarchy of courts and exhaustion of administrative remedies. Otherwise, they run the risk of bringing premature cases before this Court, which may result to protracted litigation and over clogging of dockets.

This resolves the original action for Certiorari, Prohibition, and Mandamus[1] filed by petitioners Crisanto M. Aala, Robert N. Balat, Datu Belardo M. Bungad, Cesar B. Cuntapay, Laura S. Domingo, Gloria M. Gazmen-Tan, and Jocelyn P. Saludares-Cadayona.[2] They question the validity of City...