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GSIS vs. Gaudencio Cloribel, Et Al.121 Phil. 1157

GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, petitioner, vs. HON. GAUDENCIO CLORIBEL as Judge of the Court of First Instance of Manila and RAILROAD UNPAID RETIREES UNION, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. L-22236 | 1965-06-22

D E C I S I O N 


BENGZON, J.P., J.: 

The Railroad Unpaid Retirees Union, Inc. (RURU) filed, on August 1, 1958, an amended petition for mandamus in the Court of First Instance of Manila against the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and the Manila Railroad Company (MRR). It sought to compel payment to the GSIS by MRR, in the latter's capacity as the employer, of retirement premiums indebtedness; payment by GSIS to 250 specified RURU members of full retirement benefits; and to recover damages. 

The GSIS filed an answer thereto on August 14, 1958, stating that, with few exceptions, the retirement benefits - albeit...