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Gelmart Industries Phils. Inc. vs. NLRC, etal.

GELMART INDUSTRIES PHILS., INC., petitioner, vs. THE HON. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION AND FELIX FRANCIS, respondents.

G.R. No. 85668 | 1989-08-10

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

At issue in this petition is whether or not the National Labor Relations Commission (hereinafter referred to as NLRC) committed a grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction in ordering the reinstatement of private respondent to his former position with payment of backwages equivalent to six (6) months. 1

As revealed by the records, the background facts are as follows:

Private respondent Felix Francis started working as an auto mechanic for petitioner Gelmart Industries Phils., Inc. (herein-after referred to as GELMART) sometime in 1971. As such, his work consisted of the repair...