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-Aggrieved petitioners appealed to the COA: -Pursuant to the DOLE Circular, POEA issued
questioning the enforceability of CCC No. 10 issued Memorandum Circular No. 30, series of 1991,
by the DBM. They contend that CCC No. 10 is providing for the guidelines on the government
inconsistent with provisions of RA 6758 therefore processing the deployment of Filipino and the
void. They also contend that it is without force and accreditation of HK recruitment agencies to hire
effect because it was not published in the Official Filipino DH.
Gazette. ISSUE: Are the requirements of publication and
-COA upheld the validity and enforceability of DBM- filing with the Office of the National
CCC No. 10 and reconsideration was dismissed. Administrative Register were not complied with?
-PITC was created by virtue of PD 952 for the DBM-CCC No. 10 is not a mere interpretative or
purpose of promoting and developing Philippine internal regulation. It tends to deprive the
Trade in pursuance of National Economic Devt. government workers of their allowances and
additional compensation sorely needed to keep the
-PITC BOD approved a car plan program for qualified body and soul together.
PITC officers. 50% shall be shouldered by PITC while
another 50% by the officer deducted in salary for a
period of 5 years.
Would the subsequent publication of DBM-CCC
-In addition, PITC will reimburse the officer No. 10 cure the defect and retroact to the time the
concerned 50% of the annual car registration, items were disallowed in audit?
insurance premiums and costs of registration chattel
mortgage. No, publication is a condition precedent to the
effectivity of a law to inform the public of the
-RA 6758 was enacted on July 1, 1989 entitled as an “ contents of the law or rules and regulations before
An Act Prescribing A Revised Compensation and their rights and interests are affected by the same.
Position Classification System in the Government and From the time COA disallowed the expenses in audit
for Other Purposes.” up to the filing of herein petition the subject
remained in legal limbo due to its non-publication.
-Sec. 12 of said law provides for the consolidation of
allowances and additional compensation into CASE: TANADA VS TUVERA
standardized salary rates. However, certain Facts:
additional compensations were exmpted form
consolidation. Invoking the right of the people to be informed on
matters of public concern as well as the principle that
In order to implement RA 6758, the DBM issued laws to be valid and enforceable must be published in
Corporate Compensation Circular No. 10 the Official Gazette, petitioners filed for writ of
discontinuing without qualification effective Nov. 1, mandamus to compel respondent public officials to
1989, all allowances and fringe benefits granted on publish and/or cause to publish various presidential
top of basic salary. decrees, letters of instructions, general orders,
proclamations, executive orders, letters of
-On post audit, the payment/reimbursement of the implementations and administrative orders.
50% of the yearly car registration and insurance
premiums and 50% of the costs of the registration of The Solicitor General, representing the respondents,
the chattel mortgage over the car made after moved for the dismissal of the case, contending that
November 1, 1989 as disallowed by the resident COA petitioners have no legal personality to bring the
auditor. Disallowance was made on the ground that instant petition.
the subject car plan benefits were not one of the
fringe benefits or form compensation allowed to be ISSUE:
continued after said date under par.5.6 of DBM-CC
No. 10 in relation to pars. 5.4 and 5.5 thereof. Whether or not publication in the Official Gazette is
-PITC and the affected PITC officials appealed to COA required before any law or statute becomes valid and
but denied it. enforceable.
CASE: CALTEX VS CA
Facts: