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* THIRD DIVISION.
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6 Rollo, p. 24.
7 Id., at p. 25.
8 Id., at pp. 25-26.
9 Id., at p. 27.
10 Id., at p. 32.
11 Id., at p. 33.
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SO ORDERED.
Tinga,** Chico-Nazario, Nachura and Leonardo-De
Castro,*** JJ., concur.
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19 Ejercito v. Sandiganbayan, G.R. Nos. 157294-95, November 30,
2006, 509 SCRA 190.
20 Chavez v. Public Estates Authority, G.R. No. 133250, May 6, 2003,
403 SCRA 1.
** In lieu of Justice Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, per Special Order No.
556 dated January 15, 2009.
*** In lieu of Justice Diosdado M. Peralta, per Special Order No. 560
dated January 16, 2009.
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Petition dismissed.
Note.The doctrine of operative fact, as an exception to
the general rule, only applies as a matter of equity and fair
playthere is nothing iniquitous in ordering the
beneficiary of an unconstitutional law where it unduly
benefited from it, otherwise it would be unjustly enriched
at the expense of others. (Planters Products, Inc. vs.
Fertiphil Corporation, 548 SCRA 485 [2008])
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