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Kapisanan NG Mga Kawani NG ERB vs. Commissioner Barin, GR. 150974
Kapisanan NG Mga Kawani NG ERB vs. Commissioner Barin, GR. 150974
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G.R. No. 150974. June 29, 2007.
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* SECOND DIVISION.
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CARPIO, J.:
The Case
This is a special
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civil action for certiorari and
prohibition of the selection and appointment of
employees of the Energy Regulatory Commission
(ERC) by the ERC Board of Commissioners.
Petitioner Kapisanan ng mga Kawani ng
Energy Regulatory Board (KERB) seeks to
declare Section 38 of Republic Act No. 9136 (RA
9136), which abolished the Energy Regulatory
Board (ERB) and created the ERC, as
unconstitutional and to prohibit the ERC
Commissioners from filling up the ERC’s
plantilla.
The Facts
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2 Rollo, p. 22.
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The Issues
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4 Id., at p. 8.
5 See Buklod ng Kawaning EIIB v. Zamora, 413 Phil. 281;
360 SCRA 718 (2001); Dario v. Mison, G.R. No. 81954, 8
August 1989, 176 SCRA 84.
6 R.E. AGPALO, PHILIPPINE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
5 (2004).
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created;
(c) Where incumbents are replaced by those less
qualified in terms of status of appointment,
performance and merit;
(d) Where there is a reclassification of offices in
the department or agency concerned and the
reclassified offices perform substantially the
same function as the original offices;
(e) Where the removal violates the order of
separation provided in Section 3 hereof.”
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Petition dismissed.
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