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Light Rail vs. Mendoza etc.

LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT AUTHORITY, PETITIONER, VS. ROMULO S. MENDOZA, FRANCISCO S. MERCADO, ROBERTO M. REYES, EDGARDO CRISTOBAL, JR., AND RODOLFO ROMAN, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 202322 | 2015-08-19

DECISION
 
BRION, J.:
 
For resolution is the present petition for review on certiorari[1] which seeks the reversal of the January 31, 2012 Decision[2] and June 15, 2012 Resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 109224.
 
The Antecedents

The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) is a government-owned and -controlled corporation created under Executive Order No. 603 for the construction, operation, maintenance, and/or lease of light rail transit systems in the Philippines.

To carry out its mandate, LRTA entered into a ten-year operations and management (O & M) agreement[4] with the Meralco Transit Organization, Inc. (...