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Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
EN BANC
G.R. No. L-63318 November 25, 1983
PHILIPPINE CONSUMERS FOUNDATION, INC., petitioner,
vs.
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AND
PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE
COMPANY, respondents.
Tomas C. Llamas for petitioner.
RELOVA, J.:+.wph!1
Petition for certiorari seeking to set aside and annul the decision,
dated November 22, 1982, of public respondent National
Telecommunications Commission (NTC, for short), approving the
application of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company
(PLDT, for short) of its revised schedule for its Subscriber Investment
Plan (SIP) for the entire service area, including the ex-RETELCO
area; as well as the order of January 14, 1983 which denied the
motion for reconsideration of petitioner Philippine Consumers
Foundation, Inc. (PCFI, for short).
3. Residential Phone:
1. New Installations
2. Business Phone:
3. Residential Phone:
The load on the back of our people is heavy enough. Let us not
increase its weight further. Noteworthy is the concurrence of Justice
Vicente Abad Santos in the case of Bautista vs. NTC (supra) that
"the PLDT which is reported to have made over 100 million pesos in
profits in just six months but with its service so poor that even the
First Lady has taken notice should think of improved service before
increased profits."
Anent the question that petitioner should have appealed the decision
of respondent NTC, instead of filing the instant petition, suffice it to
say that certiorari is available despite existence of the remedy of
appeal where public welfare and the advancement of public policy so
dictate, or the orders complained of were issued in excess of or
without jurisdiction (Jose vs. Zulueta, 2 SCRA 574).
SO ORDERED.1wph1.t