PETITION FOR CERTIORARI UNDER RULE 65:

     As extraordinary writs, both Sections 1 (certiorari) and 3 (mandamus), Rule 65 of the Rules of Court require, as a pre-condition for these remedies, that there be no other plain, speedy and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law. (Erdito Quarto vs. The Hon. Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo, et al, G.R. No. 169042,  October 5, 2011, Brion, J.)