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Antonio J. Villegas vs. Abelardo Subido

ANTONIO J. VILLEGAS, in his capacity as Mayor of the City of Manila, petitioner-appellee, vs. ABELARDO SUBIDO, in his capacity as Commissioner of Civil Service, respondent-appellant.

G.R. No. L-27714 | 1981-11-05

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, J.:

There is an aspect of futility to this appeal from an ably-written and well-reasoned decision of the then Judge Conrado M. Vasquez ordering then respondent Commissioner of Civil Service Abelardo Subido, now deceased, "to (a) refrain from enforcing and implementing the directive contained in its letter to the City Auditor of Manila dated October 5, 1966 (Annex D); (b) making the preliminary injunction issued for this purpose to be permanent, and (c) commanding the respondent to note and record the appointments of the 91 women street sweepers listed in Annex B of the petition." 1 Annex D reads as follows: "It...