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BF Northwest Homeowners vs. I. A. Court

BF NORTHWEST HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., petitioner, vs. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT and BF HOMES, INC. respondents.

G.R. No. L-72370 | 1987-05-29

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

The core issue for resolution is: which Court has jurisdiction over actions to annul Orders, Resolutions and/or Decisions of the National Water Resources Council (NWRC) relative to water rates ---- the Regional Trial Court or the Court of Appeals?

The antecedent facts have been succinctly stated in the Solicitor General's Comment as follows:

"Respondent BF Homes, Inc. is a subdivision owner and developer in Parañaque, Metro Manila. In 1973, BF Homes, Inc. filed a petition for a certificate of public convenience and for authority to charge water rates before the then Board of Power and...