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In Re: Baguio Citizens Action, Inc. Vs. City Council, et al.

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR DECLARATORY JUDGMENT REGARDING THE VALIDITY OF ORDINANCE NO. 386 OF THE CITY OF BAGUIO, BAGUIO CITIZENS ACTION INC., and JUNIOR CHAMBER OF BAGUIO CITY, INC., petitioners-appellants, vs. THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BAGUIO, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-27247 | 1983-04-20

D E C I S I O N


DE CASTRO, J.:

In this petition for declaratory relief originally filed in the Court of First Instance of Baguio, Branch II, what is involved is the validity of Ordinance 386 passed by the City Council of Baguio City which took effect on February 23, 1967, quoted together with the explanatory note, as follows:

"ORDINANCE 386

"AN ORDINANCE CONSIDERING ALL SQUATTERS OF PUBLIC LAND, OTHER THAN THOSE EARMARKED FOR PUBLIC USE IN THE CITY OF BAGUIO WHO ARE DULY REGISTERED AS SUCH AT THE TIME OF THE PROMULGATION OF THIS ORDINANCE AS BONAFIDE OCCUPANTS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE LOTS AND WHICH SHALL HEREAFTER BE EMBRACED AS A CITY...