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Land Transportation Office vs. City of Butuan

LAND TRANSPORTATION OFFICE [LTO], represented by Assistant Secretary Manuel F. Bruan, LTO Regional Office, Region X represented by its Regional Director, Timoteo A. Garcia; and LTO Butuan represented by Rosita G. Sadiaga, its Registrar, petitioners, vs. CITY OF BUTUAN, represented in this case by Democrito D. Plaza II, City Mayor, respondents.

G.R. No. 131512 | 2000-01-20

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
THIRD DIVISION
 
 
D E C I S I O N
 
VITUG, J.:
 
The 1987 Constitution enunciates the policy that the territorial and political subdivisions shall enjoy local autonomy. 1 In obedience to that, mandate of the fundamental law, Republic Act ("R.A.") No.7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code, 2 expresses that the territorial and political subdivisions of the State shall enjoy genuine and meaningful local autonomy in order to enable them to attain their fullest development as self-reliant communities and make them more effective partners in the...