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National Tobacco Administration, etc., et al. vs Commission on Audit

NATIONAL TOBACCO ADMINISTRATION represented herein by Administrator AMANTE SIAPNO, EVANGELISTA A. GARCIA, RICARDO BRIONES, CLARITA B. CASTRO, CRISTINA LOPEZ, JESUS C. BONDOC and ROSALINA C. CARINO, petitioners, vs. COMMISSION ON AUDIT, respondent.

G.R. No. 119385 | 1999-08-05

D E C I S I O N

PURISIMA, J.:

At bar is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Revised Rules of Court to review and set aside the decision of the Commission on Audit[1] dated February 7, 1995 in COA Decision No. 95-108.[2]

The National Tobacco Administration (NTA, for short), under Executive Order No. 116, as amended by Executive Order No. 245,[3] is a government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC, for brevity) tasked to supervise and improve the viability of the tobacco industry in this country.

On August 9, 1989, Congress passed Republic Act No. 6758,[4] entitled "An Act Prescribing a Revised Compensation and...