G.R. No. 44523 ; September 30, 1936
ALEOSAN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, INC., petitioner, vs. THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, PANAY AUTOBUS CO., and CAPIZ MOTOR BUS CO., INC., respondents.

FACTS

Petitioner Aleosan Transportation Co., Inc. applied with the Public Service Commission for a permit to increase its services on its existing lines and to extend its operations to new lines in Panay, proposing a thirty-minute schedule and increasing trips to ten-minute intervals if necessary. The Commission denied the application, finding that the evidence did not establish a public necessity for the increased services on the existing lines. It also noted that if the applicant’s intent was primarily to transport freight (due to a claim that a competitor refused heavy freight), it should have applied for an auto-truck service authority instead of additional TPU (temporary permit unit) services.

ISSUE

Did the Public Service Commission commit a reversible error in denying Aleosan Transportation’s application for increased and extended services?

RULING

No. The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Public Service Commission. Applying settled doctrine, the Court’s power to review Commission decisions is limited to instances where there is no evidence to reasonably support them or where the Commission acted without jurisdiction. The Court reviewed the evidence and found that the Commission, after careful consideration, concluded that public necessity and convenience did not warrant the grant of the application. The Court found this conclusion correct and adopted it, declining to modify the Commission’s factual findings. The assigned errors were not well-founded.

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