A writ of MANDAMUS may be issued to:

Explanation: Mandamus is a writ commanding a public authority, a body or an individual to perform a PUBLIC DUTY that it is legally bound to perform but has failed or refused to perform. It lies only where there is a legal right on the part of the applicant and a corresponding legal duty on the part of the authority, and where no other adequate specific remedy exists. Quashing an inferior tribunal's order is the office of certiorari, freeing a detained person is habeas corpus, and testing a claim to public office is quo warranto. Mandamus is thus a command, not a restraint.