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In a highly urbanized city, the City Mayor appoints Liza Reyes as City Treasurer without Civil Service Commission clearance and without proper civil service eligibility; Reyes has no prior civil service status. A residents’ association files a petition for quo warranto in the Regional Trial Court to test Reyes’s right to hold the office and to declare the office vacant. The Mayor asserts emergency measures to stabilize the city’s finances and claims the appointment is valid as an extraordinary act necessary for public welfare. (a) Is a quo warranto under Rule 66 the proper remedy to test Reyes’s right to hold the office? Explain briefly. (b) State the controlling rule and the grounds for relief in quo warranto and how they apply here. (c) Apply the rule to the facts and state the outcome and form of relief the court should grant.