04/02/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly where the appointee has accepted, or taken his oath, or assumed public office on or after March 11, 2010” in Section 1(a) of E.O. No. 2 UNCONSTITUTIONAL for unduly expanding the scope of the prohibition on appointments under Section 15, Article VII of the 1987 Constitution; and 3. DENY the petitions for review on certiorari insofar as they seek (i) to uphold the petitioners’ respective appointments and (ii) their reinstatement to the positions they held immediately prior to the issuance of E.O. No. 2. [1] Under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court. [2] Under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court. [3] Both dated August 31, 2012 for petitioner in G.R. No. 203372 (rollo, p. 45) and G.R. No. 206290 (rollo, p. 10); and August 28, 2013 for petitioners in G.R. No. 209138 (rollo, p. 39). [4] Rollo (G.R. No. 203372), p. 16. [5] Id. at 99. [6] CA rollo, Volume I, p. 948; rollo (G.R. No. 206290), p. 583. [7] Rollo (G.R. No. 203372), pp. 92-93. [8] Id. at 18. [9] Rollo (G.R. No. 206290), p. 410. [10] Id. at 52-53. [11] Id. at 115. [12] Id. at 53. [13] Id. at 121 and 461. [14] Id. at 116-117. [15] Rollo (G.R. No. 209138), p. 25. [16] Id. at 26. [17] Id. at 4. [18] Rollo (G.R. No. 206290), pp. 611 and 607. elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/60717 60/75