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Metropolitan Manila Development Authority vs. Trackworks Rail Transit Advertising, Vending and Promotions, Inc.

METROPOLITAN MANILA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, Petitioner, versus TRACKWORKS RAIL TRANSIT ADVERTISING, VENDING AND PROMOTIONS, INC., Respondent

G.R. No. 179554 | 2009-12-16

R E S O L U T I O N


BERSAMIN, J.:

This case concerns whether the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) could unilaterally dismantle the billboards, signages and other advertizing media in the structures of the Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT3) installed by respondent advertising company by virtue of its existing contract with the owner of the MRT3.

The trial and appellate courts ruled that MMDA did not have the authority to dismantle. MMDA is now before the Court to assail such adverse ruling.

Antecedents

In 1997, the Government, through the Department of Transportation and Communications, entered into a build-lease-transfer...