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METRO TRANSIT ORGANIZATION, INC., petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and VICTORIO T. TURING, respondents.

METRO TRANSIT ORGANIZATION, INC., petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and VICTORIO T. TURING, respondents.

G.R. No. 119724 | 1999-05-31

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is a petition for certiorari to set aside the resolution[1] of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) affirming in toto the decision of the Labor Arbiter finding petitioner guilty of illegal dismissal and ordering it to reinstate private respondent with backwages.

Petitioner Metro Transit Organization, Inc. is a government-owned and controlled corporation and a subsidiary of the Light Rail Transit Authority which operates a light rail transit system.

Private respondent Victorio T. Turing was a train operator of the light rail transit system of petitioner. He was hired on November 22, 1984 at a...