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Fernandez, Inocentes L. vs. Manuel S. Alba

INOCENTES L. FERNANDEZ, petitioner, vs. MANUEL S. ALBA, Minister of the Budget, respondent.

G.R. No. L-55160 | 1983-11-29

D E C I S I O N


MAKASIAR, J.:

This is a petition for mandamus to compel the respondent Minister of the Budget to release sufficient amount for the payment of the increase in the monthly annuity of petitioner pursuant to Republic Act No. 6031, out of the funds from the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Petitioner, then municipal judge of Dumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur, was receiving a monthly salary of Five Hundred Fifty (P550.00) pesos under Republic Act No. 4533.

On August 4, 1969, Republic Act No. 6031, providing among other things an increase in the salary rates of municipal judges, was approved into law. Thus, Republic...