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Alfredo Velasco, Et Al. Vs. Blas Ople, Et Al.

ALFREDO VELASCO AND ADELINA VELASCO, petitioners-appellants, vs. Hon. BLAS OPLE, in his Official Capacity as Secretary of Labor and Hon. RONALDO ZAMORA, in his Official Capacity as The Assistant Executive Secretary, respondents-appellants.

G.R. No. 53967 | 1990-11-26

D E C I S I O N


MEDIALDEA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Manila (now Regional Trial Court) granting the petition for Prohibition and Mandamus filed by Alfredo Velasco and Adelina Velasco. This was appealed by the parties to the Court of Appeals but the latter court issued a resolution dated April 9, 1980 certifying the appeal to Us since only pure questions of law are involved.

The antecedent facts of the case as stated by the Court of Appeals in its resolution are as follows:

". . . [O]n March 28, 1973 Quirino Acebuche, Primitiva Caranyangan, Cora Donor and Catalina Ogaya private...