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BFAR Employees Union etc. Vs. COA

BUREAU OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES (BFAR) EMPLOYEES UNION, REGIONAL OFFICE NO. VII, CEBU CITY, Petitioner, versus COMMISSION ON AUDIT, Respondent.

G.R. No. 169815 | 2008-08-13

D E C I S I O N


PUNO, C.J.:

On appeal are the Decision[1] dated April 8, 2005 of respondent Commission on Audit (COA) in LAO-N-2005-119 upholding the disallowance by the COA Legal and Adjudication Office (COA-LAO), Regional Office No. VII, Cebu City of the P10,000.00 Food Basket Allowance granted by BFAR to each of its employees in 1999, and COA Resolution[2] dated August 5, 2005, denying petitioner's motion for reconsideration of said Decision.

First, the facts:

On October 18, 1999, petitioner Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Employees Union, Regional Office No. VII, Cebu City issued Resolution No. 01, series of...