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Paredes, et al. vs. Men Abad, et al.

CRESENCIO PAREDES, and VENANCIO UYAN, petitioners, vs. JUDGE FRANCISCO MEN ABAD of the Court of First Instance of Ifugao, GUALBERTO LUMAUIG, and JOHN LANGBAYAN, respondents. / BELINO C. SUNGA, petitioner, vs. The HONORABLE LORENZO R. MOSQUEDA, and FELINO

G.R. No. L-36927-28 / No. L-37715 / No. L-3833 | 1974-04-15

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDEZ, J:

The respondent-Judges committed a clear error when they dismissed the election protests filed by the herein petitioners against the private respondents who had been proclaimed elected and had assumed their respective positions 1 for a four-year term 2 as a result of the November 8, 1971 elections.

The principal ground of the dismissal orders 3 now challenged before Us on certiorari, is that under Section 9, Art. XVII 4 of the Transitory Provisions of the New Constitution, the election protests filed by the petitioners have become moot and academic, for the reason that the private respondents are now holding...