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Carbonilla vs. Board of Airlines Representatives

SERGIO I. CARBONILLA, EMILIO Y. LEGASPI IV, and ADONAIS Y. REJUSO, Petitioners, - versus - BOARD OF AIRLINES REPRESENTATIVES (MEMBER AIRLINES:ASIANA AIRLINES, CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS, CHINA AIRLINES, CEBU PACIFIC AIRLINES, CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES, CONTINENTAL MICRONESIA AIRLINES, EMIRATES,ETIHAD AIRWAYS, EVA AIR AIRWAYS, FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION, GULF AIR, JAPAN AIRLINES, AIR FRANCE-KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES, KOREAN AIR, KUWAIT AIRWAYS CORPORATION, LUFTHANSA GERMAN AIRLINES,MALAYSIA AIRLINES,NORTHWEST AIRLINES, PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, INC., QANTAS AIRWAYS, LTD., QATAR AIRLINES, ROYAL BRUNEI AIRLINES,SINGAPORE AIRLINES,SWISS INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES, LTD., SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES, and THAI INTERNATIONAL AIRWAYS), Respondents. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, represented by HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA,* in his capacity as EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, represented by HON. CESAR V. PURISIMA** in his capacity as SECRETARY OF FINANCE, and THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS, represented by HON. ANGELITO A. ALVAREZ**** in his capacity as COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, Petitioners, - versus - BOARD OF AIRLINES REPRESENTATIVES (MEMBER AIRLINES: ASIANA AIRLINES, CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS, CHINA AIRLINES, CEBU PACIFIC AIRLINES, CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES,CONTINENTAL MICRONESIA AIRLINES, EMIRATES, ETIHAD AIRWAYS, EVA AIR AIRWAYS, FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION, GULF AIR, JAPAN AIRLINES, AIR FRANCE-KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES, KOREAN AIR, KUWAIT AIRWAYS CORPORATION, LUFTHANSA GERMAN AIRLINES, MALAYSIA AIRLINES, NORTHWEST AIRLINES, PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, INC., QANTAS AIRWAYS, LTD., QATAR AIRLINES, ROYAL BRUNEI AIRLINES, SINGAPORE AIRLINES, SWISS INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES, LTD., SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES, and THAI INTERNATIONAL AIRWAYS), Respondents.

G.R. No. 193247 and G.R. No. 194276 | 2011-09-14

SECOND DIVISION
D E C I S I O N

CARPIO, J.:

The Cases

Before the Court are two petitions for review1 assailing the Decision2 promulgated on 9 July 2009 by the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 103250.

In G.R. No. 193247, petitioners Sergio I. Carbonilla, Emilio Y. Legaspi IV, and Adonais Y. Rejuso (Carbonilla, et al.) assail the Resolution3 promulgated on 5 August 2010 by the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 103250.

In G.R. No. 194276, petitioners Office of the President, represented by Paquito N. Ochoa in his capacity as Executive Secretary, Department of Finance, represented by Cesar V. Purisima in his capacity as Secretary of Finance, and...