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PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, OLONGAPO CITY vs. HON. TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR., Secretary of the Department of Justice, and CONRADO L. TIU

PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, OLONGAPO CITY, petitioner, vs. HON. TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR., Secretary of the Department of Justice, and CONRADO L. TIU, respondents.

G.R. No. 130399 | 2001-09-20

D E C I S I O N

BUENA, J.:

This is a petition for review of the Decision of the Court of Appeals[1] promulgated on August 22, 1997 in CA-G.R. SP No. 39689, which affirmed the Resolution dated November 6, 1995 of respondent Secretary of Justice Teofisto Guingona which directed the Acting City Prosecutor of Olongapo City to "move for the withdrawal of the informations against the respondent for theft of electricity in relation to P.D. 401, if the same were already filed in court, xxx."

The antecedent facts of the case are undisputed:

Private respondent Conrado L. Tiu is the owner and manager of Conti's Plaza, a supermarket located at...