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[2/2] Northeastern College Teachers & Employees Asso., etc. Vs. Northeastern College, Inc.

[2/2] NORTHEASTERN COLLEGE TEACHERS AND EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, represented by LESLIE GUMARANG, Petitioner, versus NORTHEASTERN COLLEGE, INC., Respondent.

G.R. No. 152923 | 2009-01-19

WHEREFORE, premises considered, the decision dated 22 March 2001 is hereby REVERSED and SET ASIDE, and the instant petition DISMISSED. Accordingly, the decision of the NLRC dated 15 September 1997 is hereby AFFIRMED in toto.

The Court of Appeals explained:

As the records show, the present petition for certiorari was initially filed before the Supreme Court on 3 December 1997. Overwhelmingly, Mr. Leslie Gumarang on said date had no more authority to file the present petition for certiorari. Such lack of authority to act for and on behalf of the NCTEA rendered the petition itself as not had been filed at all.

Conspicuously, Mr. Leslie...