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Yaphockun etc. vs. PRC

ALLAN DU YAPHOCKUN, ALFREDO HEBRONA, JR., ROGER C. PARE, GENERAL SANTOS CITY-SARANGANI REAL ESTATE BOARD (GENSANSARREB) AND SOUTH COTABATO REAL ESTATE BOARD (SOCOREB), PETITIONERS, VS. PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION (PRC), PROFESSIONAL REGULATORY BOARD OF REAL ESTATE SERVICE (PRBRES), AND PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE SERVICE PRACTITIONERS, INC. (PHILRES), RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 214432, March 23, 2021] PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION OF REAL ESTATE BOARDS, INC. (PAREB), REAL ESTATE BROKERS ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC. (REBAP), NATIONAL REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION, INC. (NREA), FEDERATION OF REAL ESTATE SERVICE ASSOCIATIONS, INC. (FRESA), AND JOHN WINSTON JIMENEZ, FOR HIMSELF AND AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT OF OTHER INDIVIDUAL REAL ESTATE SERVICE PRACTITIONERS, PETITIONERS, VS. PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION (PRC), PROFESSIONAL REGULATORY BOARD OF REAL ESTATE SERVICE (PRBRES) AND PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE SERVICE PRACTITIONERS, INC. (PHILRES), RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 213314/G.R. No. 214432 | 2021-03-23

EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N
 
GESMUNDO, J.:
 
These consolidated petitions for certiorari and prohibition under Rule 65 challenge the validity of Section 3(h), Rule I of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9646, promulgated by public respondents Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) and Professional Regulatory Board of Real Estate Service (PRBRES).
 
Antecedents
 
On June 29, 2009, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed into law R.A. No. 9646, otherwise known as the "Real Estate Service Act of the Philippines (RESA)." The law aims to professionalize the real estate...