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Makabali, Paz L. vs. Employees' Compensation Commission, et al.

PAZ L. MAKABALI, petitioner, vs. EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION, GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE), respondents.

G.R. No. L-51533 | 1983-11-29

D E C I S I O N


MAKASIAR, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision of the Employees' Compensation Commission in ECC Case No. 1140, rendered on August 9, 1979 affirming the decision of the Government Service Insurance System dated June 5, 1978, which denied the claim of herein petitioner Paz L. Makabali for disability benefits under P.D. No. 626, as amended.

Petitioner Paz L. Makabali served as classroom teacher at the Del Pilar Central School, San Fernando, Pampanga, since 1946 until she retired on August 21, 1975 under the disability retirement plan (R.A. 660) at the age of sixty (pp. 8 & 10, ECC rec.).

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