9. Calalang vs.

Williams 70 Phil 726

Facts: The National Traffic Commission recommended the Director of Public Works and to the Secretary of
Public Works and Communication that animal-drawn vehicles be prohibited from passing along Rosario St.
extending from Plaza Calderon de la Barca to Dasmarinas St. from 7:30 am to 12 pm and 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm
and also along Rizal Avenue from 7 am to 11 pm from a period of one year from the date of the opening of
Colgante Bridge to traffic. It was subsequently passed and thereafter enforce by Manila Mayor and the acting
chief of police. Maximo Calalang then, as a citizen and a taxpayer challenges its constitutionality.

Issue: Whether the rules and regulations promulgated by the Director of Public Works infringes upon the
constitutional precept regarding the promotion of social justice

Ruling: No. The grant of the rule making power to administrative agencies is a relaxation of the principle of
separation of powers and is an exception to the non-delegation of legislative powers. Administrative
regulations ir “subordinate legislation” calculated to promote the public interest are necessary because of the
“growing complexity” of modern life, the multiplication of the subjects of governmental regulations and the
increased difficulty of administering the law. - BOOK

The promotion of social justice is to be achieved not through a mistaken sympathy towards any given group. It
is the promotion of the welfare of all people. It is neither communism, despotism, nor atomism, nor anarchy
but the humanization of laws and the equalization of social and economic forces by the state so that justice in
its rational and objectively secular conception may at least be approximated.