RULE 34. Filing Fees. – No protest, counter-protest or petition for quo warranto shall be deemed filed without the payment to the Tribunal of the filing fee in the amount of twenty thousand pesos (P20,000.00). 

If a claim for damages or attorney’s fees is set forth in a protest, counter-protest or petition for quo warranto, an additional filing fee shall be paid, which shall be, if the sum claimed is:

(1) More than P 20,000.00 but less than P 40,000.00 ………. P 1,000.00

(2) P 40,000.00 or more but less than P 60,000.00 ………. P 1,500.00

(3) P 60,000.00 or more but less than P 80,000.00 ….……. P 2,000.00

(4) P 80,000.00 or more but less than P 100,000.00 ………. P 2,500.00

(5) P 100,000.00 or more but less than P 150,000.00 ..……... P 3,000.00

For every P 1,000.00 in excess of P 150,000.00 ……….... P 100.00

Where the protest, counter-protest or petition for quo warranto is filed by registered mail, it must be accompanied by a postal money order in the amount of the corresponding filing fees.

The required fees must be fully paid within the period prescribed in Rules 17 (Election Protest), 18 (Quo Warranto), 25 (Answer) and 26 (Answer to Counterclaim or CounterProtest) of these Rules.

The payment of filing fees herein provided for the filing of a protest, counter-protest or petition for quo warranto is jurisdictional and failure to pay the mandated amounts within the reglementary period for filing the same shall be a ground for dismissal.