REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES GOURT OF APPEALS oS MANILA PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, INC., and LEO CLETO GAMOLO, Petitioners-Appeliants, - versus - CA-G.R. CV NO. 93917 THE HONORABLE HERMOGENES EBDANE, JR., in his capacity as Secretary of Public Works and Highways, i Respondent-Appelice, UNITED ARCHITECTS OF THE PHILIPPINES, Intervenor-appelier NOTICE OF DECISION ‘SIR? Please take notice that on January 05, 2012, a DECISION, copy attached, was rendered by the NINTH Division of the Court of Appeals in the above entitled case, the original of which Is now on file with this Court. You are hereby required to Inform this Court, within five (5) days from receipt hereof, the date when you received this notice together with copy of the decision. Very truly yours, 7 DONNA wth onus Division Clerk of Court / Copy furnished: d REGIONAL TRIAL COURT - reg, w/card Branch 22, Manila HONORABLE SECRETARY - reg. w/card Department of Public Works and Highways Bonifacio Drive, Port area., Manila ‘TAGLE CHUA CRUZ & AQUINO - reg. w/card (Counsel for Petitioners-Appeliants) Unit 204, Amberiand Plaza Condominium, Dota Julia Vargas Ave., Ortigas Center, Pasig City OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL - reg. w/card 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City POBLADOR BAUTISTA & REYES - reg. w/caré (Counsel for Intervenor-Appeliee) 5/F, SEDCCO | Bldg, No. 120 Rada cor. Legasp’ Sts, Legaspi Village, Wakati City lee xREPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES COURT OF APPEALS MANILA NINTH DIVISION PHILIPPINE (NSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, INC.,, and LEO CLETO GAMOLD, Petitioners-Appellants, versus- THE HONORABLE HERMOGENES EBDANE, JR, in hie capacity as SECRETARY OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, Respondent-Appelice, UNITED ARCHETECTS OF ‘THE PHILIPPINES, Intervenor-Appellee CA-G.R. CV No. 93917 Members: TIJAM, N. G., Chaitperson BARZA, R.B, and SORONGON, E. D., Jf. PROMULGATED:CA-GR. CV'No. 93917 2 2 DEC BARZA, K, E, Jz Before the Court is an appeal from the Decision,’ dated January 29, 2008, of Branch 22 of the Regional Trial Court of the City of Manila in Civil Case No. 05-112502. ‘The relevant antecedent facts, as culled from the record, are as follows: On May 3, 2005, petitioners Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers, Inc, (PICE) and Leo Cleto Gamolo, general counsel of PICK, filed a Petition’ for declaratory relief and injunction with a prayer for a writ of preliminary prohibitory and/or mandatory injunction and temporary restraining order against then Honorable Hermogenes Ebdane, Jr., in his capacity as Secretary of Public Works and Highways Docketed as Civil Case No. 05-112502, petitioners essentially asserted that civil engineers, including petitioner Gamolo and the Rollo pp. 0-120 Record Vol, typ. 2-11