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CITY MAYOR BAUTISTA his use of it shall not be injurious to the equal enjoyment of others having an
equal right to the enjoyment of their property, no r injurious to the right of the
FACTS: Quezon City Council enacted Ordinance No. SP-2095, S-2011, or
the Socialized Housing Tax of Quezon City, Section 3 of which provides: community.
The rates being charged by the ordinance are unjust and inequitable: a WHEREFORE, the petition is PARTIALLY GRANTED. The constitutionality and
resident of a 200 sq. m. unit in a condominium or socialized housing legality of Ordinance No. SP-2095, S-2011, or the Socialized Housing Tax of
project has to pay twice the amount than a resident of a lot similar in Quezon City, is SUSTAINED for being consistent with Section 43 of Republic Act
size; unlike unit occupants, all occupants of a lot with an area of 200 sq. No. 7279. On the other hand, Ordinance No. SP-2235, S-2013, which collects an
m. and less have to pay a fixed rate of Php100.00; and the same amount annual garbage fee on all domestic households in Quezon City, is hereby
of garbage fee is imposed regardless of whether the resident is from a declared as UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND ILLEGAL. Respondents are DIRECTED
condominium or from a socialized housing project. to REFUND with reasonable dispatch the sums of money collected relative to its
enforcement.