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[G.R. No. 172533 : June 10, 2008] LEOVEGILDO R. RUZOL VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, ET AL.:
[G.R. No. 172533 : June 10, 2008]
LEOVEGILDO R. RUZOL VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, ET AL.
Sirs/Mesdames:
Quoted hereunder, for your information, is a resolution of the Court En Banc dated June 10, 2008.
�G.R. No. 172533 ( Leovegildo R. Ruzol vs. Commission on Elections, et al). The present petition for certiorari field on May 19, 2006 assails on the Commission on Elections Resolution dated May 2, 2006, ordering petitioner Ruzol to vacate the office of the Mayor of gen. Nakar, Quezon and RELINQUISH the same to respondent Hernando P. Avellaneda, Sr.
The case arose from an election protest filed by petitioner before RTC, Infanta, Quezon against respondent who had been proclaimed as duly elected Mayor of Gen. Nakar during the May 10, 2004 elections. The RTC ruled in favor of protestant (petitioner herein) and granted his motion for execution pending appeal. The COMELEC reversed the order of the RTC.
Considering that the term of office for Mayor of Gen. Nakar, Quezon had expired on June 30, 2007, and that there appears to be no other issue involved in this petition which is independent from the claim to the position of Mayor of Gen. Nakar, Quezon, the petition is now moot.
WHEREFORE, the petition is DISMISSED.�
�G.R. No. 172533 ( Leovegildo R. Ruzol vs. Commission on Elections, et al). The present petition for certiorari field on May 19, 2006 assails on the Commission on Elections Resolution dated May 2, 2006, ordering petitioner Ruzol to vacate the office of the Mayor of gen. Nakar, Quezon and RELINQUISH the same to respondent Hernando P. Avellaneda, Sr.
The case arose from an election protest filed by petitioner before RTC, Infanta, Quezon against respondent who had been proclaimed as duly elected Mayor of Gen. Nakar during the May 10, 2004 elections. The RTC ruled in favor of protestant (petitioner herein) and granted his motion for execution pending appeal. The COMELEC reversed the order of the RTC.
Considering that the term of office for Mayor of Gen. Nakar, Quezon had expired on June 30, 2007, and that there appears to be no other issue involved in this petition which is independent from the claim to the position of Mayor of Gen. Nakar, Quezon, the petition is now moot.
WHEREFORE, the petition is DISMISSED.�
Very truly yours,
(Sgd.) MA. LUISA D. VILLARAMA
Clerk of Court
(Sgd.) MA. LUISA D. VILLARAMA
Clerk of Court