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Soliven vs. Workmen's Compensatioon Commission, et al

TOMAS U. SOLIVEN, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION and REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, (Bureau of Public Schools), respondents./EULOGIA MALIJAN, petitioner, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (Bureau of Public Schools) and WORKMEN'S COMPENSATIO

G.R. No. L-44763/ | 1977-10-27

R E S O L U T I O N

TEEHANKEE, J:

The Court denies with finality for lack of merit the Motion for Reconsideration of the Court's Decision of June 30, 1977 as filed by the Solicitor General on behalf of respondent Republic of the Philippines.

The case of Republic vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission, 30 SCRA 811, cited by respondent has no application in the case at bar. The "judicial interpretation" therein that "the power to hear and decide claims for compensation under the Workmen's Act is, pursuant to Section 46 thereof, under the "exclusive jurisdiction' of the WCC, subject to appeal to the Supreme Court", while recognizing that...