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2010-08-03 |
PERALTA, J. |
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| Procedural rules setting the period for perfecting an appeal or filing a petition for review are generally inviolable.[13] It is doctrinally entrenched that appeal is not a constitutional right, but a mere statutory privilege.[14] Hence, parties who seek to avail themselves of it must comply with the statutes or rules allowing it.[15] The requirements for perfecting an appeal within the reglementary period specified in law must, as a rule, be strictly followed.[16] Such requirements are considered indispensable interdictions against needless delays and are necessary for the orderly discharge of the judicial business.[17] Furthermore, the perfection of an appeal in the manner and within the period permitted by law is not only mandatory, but also jurisdictional.[18] Failure to perfect the appeal renders the judgment of the court final and executory.[19] Just as a losing party has the privilege to file an appeal within the prescribed period, so does the winner also have the correlative right to enjoy the finality of the decision.[20] | |||||