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De Borja vs. PAMALU-MV

ROSENDO DE BORJA, PETITIONER, VS. PINALAKAS NA UGNAYAN NG MALILIIT NA MANGINGISDA NG LUZON, MINDANAO AT VISAYAS ("PUMALU-MV"), PAMBANSANG KATIPUNAN NG MGA SAMAHAN SA KANAYUNAN ("PKSK") AND TAMBUYOG DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INC. ("TDCI"), RESPONDENTS; REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, OPPOSITOR. [G.R. NO. 185348] TAMBUYOG DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INC., REPRESENTED BY DINNA L. UMENGAN, PETITIONER, VS. ROSENDO DE BORJA, PINALAKAS NA UGNAYAN NG MALILIIT NA MANGINGISDA NG LUZON, MINDANAO AT VISAYAS ("PUMALU-MV"), REPRESENTED BY CESAR A. HAWAK, AND PAMBANSANG KATIPUNAN NG MGA SAMAHAN SA KANAYUNAN ("PKSK"), REPRESENTED BY RUPERTO B. ALEROZA, RESPONDENTS;

G.R. NO. 185320 | 2017-04-19

THIRD DIVISION
 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, OPPOSITOR.
 
JARDELEZA, J.:
 
Petitioners call upon us to disregard procedural rules on account of the alleged novelty and transcendental importance of the issue involved here. However, the transcendental importance doctrine cannot remedy the procedural defects that plague this petition. In the words of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno, "no amount of exigency can make this Court exercise a power where it is not proper."[1] A petition for declaratory relief, like any other court action, cannot prosper absent an actual controversy that is ripe for...