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KAPISANAN NG MGA MANGGAGAWA SA LA SUERTE FOITAF vs. CARMELO C. NORIEL

KAPISANAN NG MGA MANGGAGAWA SA LA SUERTE FOITAF, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE CARMELO C. NORIEL, in his capacity as Director of the Bureau of Labor Relations, All officers acting in his behalf and FEDERACION OF FREE WORKERS (FFW-LA SUERTE CHAPTER), respondents.

G.R. No. L-45475 | 1977-06-20

FERNANDO, J.:

It is now settled rule that under the present Labor Code, 1 if lack of power or arbitrary or improvident exercise of authority be shown, thus giving rise to a jurisdictional question, this Court may, in appropriate certiorari proceedings, pass upon the validity of the decisions reached by officials or administrative agencies in labor controversies. So it was assumed in Maglasang v. Ople. 2 It was explicitly announced in San Miguel Corporation v. Secretary of Labor, 3 the opinion being penned by Justice Aquino. Accordingly, cases of that character continue to find a place in our docket. 4 The present suit is of that category....