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SENATOR ERNESTO MACEDA, petitioner, vs.

ENERGY REGULATORY BOARD (ERB); FACTS n September 10, 1990, Caltex (Philippines), Inc., Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation, and Petron Corporation proffered separate applications with the oard for per!ission to in"re#se t$e %$o&es#&e poste' pri"es o( petro&e)! pro')"ts and meanwhile, for provision#& #)t$orit* to in"re#se te!por#ri&* s)"$ %$o&es#&e poste' pri"es pen'in+ ()rt$er pro"ee'in+s. !n September "1,1990, the Bo#r', in # ,oint (on t$ree #pp&i"#tions) Or'er +r#nte' provision#& re&ie( authorin# said applicants a wei#hted a$era#e pro$isional increase of !%& P&S! '%( )!*+,-+.! C&%+'/!S (P1.0") per liter in the wholesale posted prices of their $arious petroleum products enumerated below, refined and1or mar2eted b3 them locall3. T$e petitioners s)-!it t$#t t$e #-ove Or'er $#' -een iss)e' %it$ +r#ve #-)se o( 'is"retion, t#nt#!o)nt to &#". o( ,)ris'i"tion, and correctible b3 certiorari. T$e petitioner, Sen#tor Ernesto M#"e'#, #&so s)-!its t$#t t$e s#!e %#s iss)e' %it$o)t proper noti"e #n' $e#rin+ in vio&#tion o( Se"tion /, p#r#+r#p$ (e), o( E0e")tive Or'er No. 123; t$#t t$e Bo#r', in 'e"reein+ #n in"re#se, $#' "re#te' # ne% so)r"e (or t$e Oi& 4ri"e St#-i&i5#tion F)n' (O4SF), or ot$er%ise t$#t it $#' &evie' # t#06, # po%er veste' in t$e &e+is&#t)re, and1or that it had 4re-collected4, b3 an act of taxation, ad $alorem taxes on oil which *epublic 'ct %o. 5956 had abolished. 7SSUE .!% the act of the &* in authori7in# the pro$isional increase without hearin# is in$alid. 8ELD %o. Senator 8aceda and 'tt3. 9o7ano, in :uestionin# the lac2 of a hearin#, ha$e o$erloo2ed the pro$isions of Se"tion 9 o( E0e")tive Or'er No. 123, which we :uote; :SECT7ON 9. A)t$orit* to Gr#nt 4rovision#& Re&ie(.;T$e Bo#r' !#*, )pon t$e (i&in+ o( #n #pp&i"#tion, petition or "o!p&#int or #t #n* st#+e t$ere#(ter #n' %it$o)t prior $e#rin+, on t$e -#sis o( s)pportin+ p#pers ')&* veri(ie' or #)t$enti"#te', +r#nt provision#& re&ie( on !otion o( # p#rt* in t$e "#se or on its o%n initi#tive, %it$o)t pre,)'i"e to # (in#& 'e"ision #(ter $e#rin+, s$o)&' t$e Bo#r' (in' t$#t t$e p&e#'in+s, to+et$er %it$ s)"$ #((i'#vits, 'o")!ents #n' ot$er evi'en"e %$i"$ !#* -e s)-!itte' in s)pport o( t$e !otion, s)-st#nti#&&* s)pport t$e provision#& or'er 4rovi'e', T$#t t$e Bo#r' s$#&& i!!e'i#te&* s"$e')&e #n' "on')"t # $e#rin+ t$ereon %it$in t$irt* (/<) '#*s t$ere#(ter, )pon p)-&i"#tion #n' noti"e to #&& #((e"te' p#rties. As t$e Or'er itse&( in'i"#tes, t$e #)t$orit* (or provision#& in"re#se (#&&s %it$in t$e #-ove provision.

.hat must be stressed is that while under &xecuti$e !rder %o. 1<", a hearin# is indispensable, it 'oes not pre"&)'e t$e Bo#r' (ro! or'erin+, e0 p#rte, # provision#& in"re#se, #s it 'i' $ere, sub=ect to its final disposition of whether or not; (1) to ma2e it permanent> (") to reduce or increase it further> or (?) to den3 the application. Section ?, para#raph (e) is a2in to a temporar3 restrainin# order or a writ of preliminar3 attachment issued b3 the courts, which are #i$en ex parte, and which are sub=ect to the resolution of the main case.

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