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Oriental Petroleum, et al. vs. Marciano V. Fuentes, et al.

ORIENTAL PETROLEUM and MINERALS CORPORATION, Petitioner, versus MARCIANO V. FUENTES, ROGER B. BELO, REYNOLD P. GACULA, ALBERTO P. RODRIGUEZ, NESTOR L. MESINA, MA. LOURDES P. BUENAVISTA, and LUZVIMINDA M. DE CASTRO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 151818 | 2005-10-14

D E C I S I O N 


Tinga, J.: 

This Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] dated February 22, 2002 seeks a review of the Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals dated July 31, 2001 which annulled 

and set aside the decision of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) and reinstated the decision of the labor arbiter, finding that the dismissal of respondents on account of retrenchment was illegal and awarding the latter full backwages, separation pay, and attorney's fees. 

A brief factual background follows. 

In separate letters[3] dated June 2, 1994, petitioner petitioner Oriental Petroleum and Minerals Corporation,...