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Social Security Commission & Apolonio Lamboso Vs. Far S. Alba

SOCIAL SECURITY COMMISSION and APOLONIO LAMBOSO, Petitioners, versus FAR S. ALBA, Respondent.

G.R. No. 165482 | 2008-07-23

D E C I S I O N


Tinga, J.:

Assailed in this Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] dated 12 November 2004 is the Decision[2] dated 20 July 2004 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 72607 and its Resolution[3] dated 30 September 2004 reversing the Resolution[4] dated 28 November 2001 of the Social Security Commission (the Commission) in SSC Case No. 12-14618-96.

Following are the antecedents.

Sometime in 1991, petitioner Apolonio Lamboso (Lamboso) filed a claim for retirement benefit before the Social Security System (SSS). Lamboso's claim was subsequently denied on the ground that he could not qualify for monthly pension under...