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Declaratory Relief
Declaratory Relief
6) adequate relief is not available through other means or other forms of action or
proceeding.
After petitioners demanded payment of adjusted rentals, respondent complied with the
terms and conditions set forth in their contract of lease by paying the rentals stipulated
therein. Respondent religiously fulfilled its obligations to petitioners even during the
pendency of the present suit. There is no showing that respondent committed an act
constituting a breach of the subject contract of lease. Further, it is true that in
Panganiban v. Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation the Court held that the petition for
declaratory relief should be dismissed in view of the pendency of a separate action
for unlawful detainer. In the case at bench, the trial court had not yet resolved the
rescission/ejectment case during the pendency of the declaratory relief petition. In fact,
the trial court, where the rescission case was on appeal, itself initiated the
suspension of the proceedings pending the resolution of the action for declaratory
relief.