ADVERTISEMENT
EN BANC
[G.R. No. 205728. March 5, 2013.]
THE DIOCESE OF BACOLOD, REPRESENTED BY THE MOST REV. BISHOP VICENTE M. NAVARRA AND THE BISHOP HIMSELF IN HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND THE ELECTION OFFICER OF BACOLOD CITY, ATTY. MAVIL V. MAJARUCON, respondents.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court en banc issued a Resolution dated MARCH 5, 2013, which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 205728(The Diocese of Bacolod, represented by the Most Rev. Bishop Vicente M. Navarra and the Bishop Himself in his personal capacity vs. Commission on Elections and the Election Officer of Bacolod City, Atty. Mavil V. Majarucon). — Acting on the Urgent Petition for Certiorari and Prohibition with Application for Preliminary Injunction and Temporary Restraining Order, the Court Resolved, without giving due course to the petition, to:
(a) REQUIRE the respondents to COMMENT on the petition within a NON-EXTENDIBLE period of ten (10) days from notice hereof, but NOT LATER THAN MARCH 15, 2013;
(b) ISSUE a TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER, effective immediately and continuing until further orders from this Court, enjoining the respondents from enforcing the assailed Notice to Remove Campaign Materials dated February 22, 2013 issued by Atty. Mavil V. Majarucon, Election Officer of Bacolod City, and Letter dated February 27, 2013 of Atty. Esmeralda Amora-Lladra, Director IV, Law Department, Commission on Elections;
(c) SET this case for ORAL ARGUMENTS on March 19, 2013, Tuesday, at 2:00 p.m. at the New Session Hall, New Supreme Court Building, Padre Faura St., Ermita, Manila; and aDHCEA
(d) REQUIRE the petitioners to COMPLY, within five (5) days from notice hereof, with the requirement that the petition must be filed together with proof of service (e.g., a written admission of the party served/an affidavit of the party serving/registry receipts) of the petition on all adverse parties in accordance with Section 2 (c), Rule 56, Section 3 (3rd par.), Rule 46 in relation to Section 2 (1st par.), Rule 56, and Section 13, Rule 13, 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended." (adv88)
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) ENRIQUETA E. VIDALClerk of Court
ATTACHMENT
[G.R. No. 205728. March 5, 2013.]
The DIOCESE OF BACOLOD, represented by the MOST REV. BISHOP VICENTE M. NAVARRA and the Bishop Himself in his personal capacity, petitioners, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and the Election Officer of Bacolod City, ATTY. MAVIL V. MAJARUCON, respondents.
TO:* Commission on Elections (x)
Atty. Mavil V. Majarucon (x)
GREETINGS:
WHEREAS, the Supreme Court, on March 5, 2013, adopted a resolution in the above-entitled case, to wit:
G.R. No. 205728(The Diocese of Bacolod, represented by the Most Rev. Bishop Vicente M. Navarra and the Bishop Himself in his personal capacity vs. Commission on Elections and the Election Officer of Bacolod City, Atty. Mavil V. Majarucon). — Acting on the Urgent Petition for Certiorari and Prohibition with Application for Preliminary Injunction and Temporary Restraining Order, the Court Resolved, without giving due course to the petition, to:
(a) REQUIRE the respondents to COMMENT on the petition within a NON-EXTENDIBLE period of ten (10) days from notice hereof, but NOT LATER THAN MARCH 15, 2013;
(b) ISSUE a TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER, effective immediately and continuing until further orders from this Court, enjoining the respondents from enforcing the assailed Notice to Remove Campaign Materials dated February 22, 2013 issued by Atty. Mavil V. Majarucon, Election Officer of Bacolod City, and Letter dated February 27, 2013 of Atty. Esmeralda Amora-Lladra, Director IV, Law Department, Commission on Elections; IAcDET
(c) SET this case for ORAL ARGUMENTS on March 19, 2013, Tuesday, at 2:00 p.m. at the New Session Hall, New Supreme Court Building, Padre Faura St., Ermita, Manila; and
(d) REQUIRE the petitioners to COMPLY, within five (5) days from notice hereof, with the requirement that the petition must be filed together with proof of service (e.g., a written admission of the party served/an affidavit of the party serving/registry receipts) of the petition on all adverse parties in accordance with Section 2 (c), Rule 56, Section 3 (3rd par.), Rule 46 in relation to Section 2 (1st par.), Rule 56, and Section 13, Rule 13, 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended. (adv88)
NOW, THEREFORE, effective immediately and continuing until further orders from this Court, You, respondents Commission on Elections and Atty. Mavil V. Majarucon, your agents, representatives, or persons acting in your place or stead, are hereby ordered to CEASE AND DESIST from enforcing the assailed Notice to Remove Campaign Materials dated February 22, 2013 issued by Atty. Mavil V. Majarucon, Election Officer of Bacolod City, and Letter dated February 27, 2013 of Atty. Esmeralda Amora-Lladra, Director IV, Law Department, Commission on Elections.
GIVEN by the Supreme Court of the Philippines, this 5th day of March 2013. caITAC
(SGD.) ENRIQUETA E. VIDALClerk of Court
Footnotes
*With copy of petition.