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U.P. Board Of Regents, Et Al vs. Auditor Genera, Et Al

UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES BOARD OF REGENTS and CRISTINO JAMIAS, petitioners, vs. AUDITOR GENERAL and the GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, respondents.

G.R. No. L-19617 | 1969-10-31

D E C I S I O N 


SANCHEZ, J.: 

The question of power this original action for prohibition presents is whether or not the Board of Regents of the University of the Philippines (U.P.) may extend the tenure of a professor beyond the retirement age by law fixed at 65 years. Respondents answered in the negative. Petitioners came to this Court. 

Petitioner Cristino Jamias started service in U.P. on June 26, 1924. At the time the present petition was filed in this Court on April 3, 1962, he was a Professor of English Language and Literature and concurrently Head of the University Publications Department. His service had been...