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Divina Jaballas vs. CDCP

DIVINA JABALLAS, petitioner, vs. CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES (now PHIL. NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY): COMMISSIONERS GUILLERMO MEDINA, GABRIEL GATCHALIAN, and MIGUEL VALERA of the THIRD DIVISION, NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION; and the MINISTER, MINISTRY OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (MOLE), respondents.

G.R. No. 77290 | 1988-09-26

D E C I S I O N


GRIá'O-AQUINO, J.:

The petitioner had been a toll teller since December 2, 1969 at the South Luzon Expressway, owned and operated by the Construction and Development Corporation of the Philippines or "CDCP," then a private firm, now government-owned and renamed Philippine National Construction Company, or PNCC for brevity.

Respondent company had instructed its exit toll clerks to detach the receipt-stubs from toll cards issued to, and surrendered to them by, motorists so that they could not be reused or reissued (Records, pp. 171-172). The company considered mere possession of used toll cards or tickets by persons...