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Suanes vs. Chief Accountant [DECISION]

NICETAS A. SUANES, petitioner, vs. THE CHIEF ACCOUNTANT, Accounting Division, Senate, and THE DISBURSING OFFICER, Disbursement and Property Division, Senate, respondents.

G.R. No. L-2460 | 1948-10-26

D E C I S I O N
 
MORAN, C.J.:
 
This is a petition for mandamus filed by Nicetas A. Suanes to compel the Chief Accountant and the Disbursing Officer of the Senate of the Philippines to pay him his salary as secretary to Senator Ramon Diokno, member of the Senate Electoral Tribunal, in accordance with his appointment issued by the Chairman of said tribunal.

The facts are as follows:

In a resolution dated June 28, 1948, the Senate Electoral Tribunal "resolved unanimously to propose the appointment" of "nine secretaries, one for each member of the Tribunal at P3,600.00 each."

On July 1st, 1948, the Secretary of the...