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Zambales Chromite Mining Co. Inc. vs. Leido, etal

ZAMBALES CHROMITE MINING COMPANY, INC., petitioner, vs. HON. MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES JOSE J. LEIDO, JR. and DIRECTOR OF MINES JUANITO G. FERNANDEZ, respondents. PHILEX MINING CORPORATION and REGALIAN MINING EXPLORATION CORPORATION, intervenors.

G.R. No. 49143 | 1989-08-21

D E C I S I O N


PARAS, J.:

This is a petition for certiorari and prohibition with preliminary injunction seeking to enjoin the Minister (now Secretary)of Natural Resources and the Director of Mines from enforcing Presidential Decree No. 1214 dated October 14, 1977 requiring all locators under the Act of Congress of July 1, 1902, as attended, to apply for mining lease contracts under the provision of Presidential Decree No. 463 better known as the Mineral Development Resources Decree of 1974 and to declare Presidential Decree No. 1214 unconstitutional since its enforcement would deprive petitioners of its property without due process and...