Back

COA vs. Hon. Pampilo Jr.

THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT, REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN, THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE, REPRESENTED BY ITS COMMISSIONER, AND THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS, REPRESENTED BY ITS COMMISSIONER, PETITIONERS, VS. HON. SILVINO T. PAMPILO, JR., IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, MANILA, BRANCH 26, SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIETY AND VLADIMIR ALARIQUE T. CABIGAO, RESPONDENTS; PANGKALAHATANG SANGGUNIAN MANILA AND SUBURBS DRIVER'S ASSOCIATION NATIONWIDE (PASANG MASDA), INCORPORATED, RESPONDENT-INTERVENOR; PILIPINAS SHELL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, CALTEX PHILIPPINES, INC., AND PETRON CORPORATION, NECESSARY PARTIES. [G.R. No. 189060] CHEVRON PHILIPPINES, INC., PETITIONER, VS. HON. SILVINO T. PAMPILO, JR., PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MANILA, BRANCH 26, SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIETY AND VLADIMIR ALARIQUE T. CABIGAO, RESPONDENTS; PANGKALAHATANG SANGGUNIAN MANILA AND SUBURBS DRIVER'S ASSOCIATION NATIONWIDE (PASANG MASDA), INCORPORATED, RESPONDENT-INTERVENOR; [G.R. No. 189333] PETRON CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. HON. SILVINO T. PAMPILO, JR., SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIETY, VLADIMIR ALARIQUE T. CABIGAO, AND PANGKALAHATANG SANGGUNIAN MANILA AND SUBURBS DRIVERS ASSOCIATION NATIONWIDE, INC. (PASANG MASDA), RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 188760 | 2020-06-30

D E C I S I O N
 
HERNANDO, J.:
 
Before this Court are Consolidated Petitions for Certiorari[1] filed under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court assailing the Orders issued by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Manila, Branch 26, in Civil Case No. 03-106101, on the following dates: April 27, 2009,[2] May 5, 2009,[3] June 23, 2009[4] and July 7, 2009[5] (collectively referred to as the Assailed Orders).

Factual Antecedents

The material and relevant facts are as follows:

On March 21, 2003, private respondent Social Justice Society (SJS), a political parry duly registered with the Commission of Elections, filed with...