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PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

SECOND DIVISION

[G.R. No. L-34997. February 16, 1982.]

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF HILARIO TAN also known as MANUEL TAN TO BE ADMITTED AS CITIZEN OF THE PHILIPPINES, HILARIO TAN, Petitioner-Appellee, v. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Oppositor-Appellant.

Alejandro Macasaet for Petitioner.

The Solicitor General for Respondent.

SYNOPSIS


The Republic of the Philippines appealed from the decision of the lower court granting the petition of naturalization of Hilario Tan as well as its order thereafter issued after the required period authorizing the petitioner to take his oath as a citizen. while the case was pending, appellant filed a Manifestation and Motion stating that Hilario Tan had filed an application for naturalization under Letter of Instructions No. 270, and upon recommendation of the Special Committee on Naturalization, was granted Philippine citizenship by Presidential Decree No; 836, taking his oath of allegiance thereafter. It was prayed that the ease be dismissed for having become moot and academic.

The Supreme Court dismissed the case.


SYLLABUS


1. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW; CITIZENSHIP; APPEAL FROM DECISION GRANTING CITIZENSHIP DISMISSED WHERE PETITIONER WAS SUBSEQUENTLY BESTOWED CITIZENSHIP BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 836. — Where during the pendency of the appeal from a decision of the lower court granting the application for citizenship of petitioner, he applied for naturalization as a Filipino under Letter of Instructions No. 270, and upon recommendation of the Special Committee on Naturalization, was granted Philippine citizenship by Presidential Decree No. 836, the case is dismissed for having become moot and academic.


R E S O L U T I O N


FERNANDO, C.J.:


This appeal was filed by the Republic of the Philippines from a lower court decision granting the petition for naturalization of appellee Hilario Tan, also known as Manuel Tan, as well as from its order, thereafter issued after the required period, authorizing "the petitioner to take his oath as citizen of the Republic of the Philippines, [whereupon] he will be entitled to all the privileges of a Filipino citizen." 1 The briefs were duly filed. Thereafter, the case was submitted for decision. Subsequently, on January 20, 1982, there was a Manifestation and Motion by the Office of the Solicitor General. 2 It alleged: "1. The Republic of the Philippines has appealed to this Honorable Court the decision of the Court of First Instance of Quezon (Branch IV-Calauag) dated December 11, 1968 granting Philippine citizenship to Hilario Tan also known as Manuel Tan; 2. During the pendency of the appeal, said Hilario Tan filed an application for naturalization under Letter of Instructions No. 270, and upon recommendation of the Special Committee on Naturalization, he was granted Philippine citizenship on December 3, 1975 pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 836. . . ." 3 Copies of the Oath of Allegiance 4 and the Certificate of Naturalization 5 were therein included. The prayer is to have this case dismissed for being moot and academic.

WHEREFORE, this case is dismissed for having become moot and academic.cralawnad

Barredo, Aquino, Concepcion, Jr., Abad Santos, De Castro, Ericta and Escolin, JJ., concur.

Endnotes:



1. Record on Appeal, 68.

2. Solicitor General Estelito P. Mendoza was assisted by Assistant Solicitor General Eulogio Raquel-Santos.

3. Manifestation and Motion, 1-2.

4. Annex "1."

5. Annex "2."




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