04/02/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly [47] Separate Concurring Opinion of Justice Antonio T. Carpio in Re: Seniority Among the Four (4) Most Recent Appointments to the Position of Associate Justices of the Court of Appeals, 646 Phil. 1, 17 (2010), citing Lacson v. Romero, 84 Phil. 740 (1949); Javier v. Reyes, 252 Phil. 369 (1989); Garces v. Court of Appeals, 328 Phil. 403 (1996); and Bermudez v. Executive Secretary Torres, 370 Phil. 769 (1999). [48] See Section 16, Chapter 5, Title I, Book III, Executive Order No. 292, Administrative Code of 1987. [49] See Bermudez v. Executive Secretary Torres, 370 Phil. 769 (1999). [50] Flores v. Drilon, G.R. No. 104732, 22 June 1993, 223 SCRA 568, 579-580. Citations omitted. [51] Rollo (G.R. No. 206290), pp. 526-527. [52] Id. at 527. [53] Id. at 455-471. [54] Id. at 460-466. [55] Judicial Affidavit of Ellenita G. Gatbunton, Division Chief of File Maintenance and Retrieval Division of the Malacañang Records Office. Id. at 410-412, 416-417. [56] See Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803). [57] See Garces v. Court of Appeals, 328 Phil. 403 (1996). [58] 84 Phil. 740 (1949). [59] Id. at 745. [60] See Javier v. Reyes, 252 Phil. 369 (1989). See also Mitra v. Subido, 128 Phil. 128 (1967). [61] Chavez v. Ronidel, 607 Phil. 76 (2009), citing Mendoza v. Laxina, Sr., 453 Phil. 1013, 1026-1027 (2003); Lecaroz v. Sandiganbayan, 364 Phil. 890, 904 (1999). [62] 252 Phil. 369 (1989). CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION BRION, J.: I was the original Member-in-Charge assigned to this case and in this capacity, submitted a draft Opinion to the Court, which draft the Court did not approve in an 8 elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/60717 30/75