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Philippine Airlines (PAL) Inc. vs. NLRC, et al.

PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, INC., petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, FERDINAND PINEDA and GOGFREDO CABLING, respondents.

G.R. No. 120567 | 1998-03-20

D E C I S I O N


MARTINEZ, J:

Can the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC), even without a complaint for illegal dismissal filed before the labor arbiter, entertain an action for injunction and issue such writ enjoining petitioner Philippine Airlines, Inc. from enforcing its Orders of dismissal against private respondents, and ordering petitioner to reinstate the private respondents to their previous positions?

This is the pivotal issue presented before us in this petition for certiorari under Rule 65 of the Revised Rules of Court which seeks the nullification of the injunctive writ dated April 3, 1995 issued by the NLRC and the Order...