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Facts: A private individual, Ana Santos, is the defendant in a civil action in the Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC). The MTCC, by an interlocutory order, requires Ana to produce documentary evidence (bank records) within five days. Ana files a petition for certiorari under Rule 65 before the Court of Appeals, alleging grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction. The CA denies the petition.   (a)Identify the central doctrine tested by this scenario and the controlling rule on the remedy. (b)Distinguish the remedy of certiorari from an ordinary civil action. (c)Apply the rule to determine whether Ana’s petition for certiorari is proper and why.