CASE 2019-0051: SOCRATES C. FERNANDEZ, IN HIS CAPACITY AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TALISAY VS. COMMISSION ON AUDIT (G.R. NO. 205389. 19 NOVEMBER 2019, INTING, J.) (SUBJECT/S: BIDDING; COA DISALLOWANCE; QUATUM MERUIT) (BRIEF TITLE: FERNANDEZ VS COA)
DISPOSITIVE:
SUBJECTS/DOCTRINES/DIGEST:
WERE THE PETITIONERS DEPRIVED OF DUE PROCESS?
NO BECAUSE THEIR APPEAL WAS GIVEN DUE COURSE.
WHAT IS GRAVE ABUSE OF DISCRETION?
SUCH CAPRICIOUS AND WHIMSICAL EXERCISE OF JUDGMENT. THERE IS ARBITRARINESS. OR EXERCISE OF POWER IN A DESPOTIC MANNER.
WHAT ARE THE ALLOWED CONDITIONS FOR DIRECT CONTRACTING WITHOUT BIDDING?
AS FOLLOWS:
POWERDEV HAS ALREADY DONE WORKS. DESPITE THE DISALLOWANCE, WILL THEY STILL BE PAID?
YES UNDER THE PRINCIPLE OF QUANTUM MERUIT. OTHERWISE, THE CITY OF TALISAY WILL BE UNJUSTLY ENRICHED.
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