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NEA vs. Maguindanao Electric Cooperative

NATIONAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION (NEA), PETITIONER, VS. MAGUINDANAO ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., REPRESENTED BY MAGUINDANAO ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE-PALMA AREA (MAGELCO-PALMA), REPRESENTED BY ATTY. LITTIE SARAH A. AGDEPPA, ANTONIO U. ACUB, EDGAR L. LA VEGA, RET. JUDGE TERESITA CARREON LLABAN, EMILY LLABAN, ARMANDO C. LLABAN, AUDIE D. MACASARTE, WILFREDO Q. LLABAN, EVANGELINE A. VARILLA, CORAZON TUMANG, AND PRESCILLA LANO, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. Nos. 192676-77] COTABATO ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. (COTELCO), REPRESENTED BY ALEJANDRO Q. COLLADOS AS GENERAL MANAGER, PETITIONER, VS. MAGUINDANAO ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE-PALMA AREA (MAGELCO-PALMA), REPRESENTED BY ATTY. LITTIE SARAH A. AGDEPPA, ANTONIO U. ACUB, EDGAR L. LA VEGA, RET. JUDGE TERESITA CARREON LLABAN EVANGELINE A. VARILLA, AND CORAZON TUMANG; AND MAGUINDANAO ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, DATU TUMAGANTANG ZAINAL, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. Nos. 192595-96 | 2018-04-11

D E C I S I O N
 
JARDELEZA, J.:
 
Before us are two consolidated petitions for review on certiorari[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court assailing the Decision[2] dated March 15, 2010 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP Nos. 02547-MIN and 02759-MIN. The CA ruled on the consolidated petitions for certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court filed by Maguindanao Electric Cooperative-Palma Area (MAGELCO-PALMA) and Cotabato Electric Cooperative, Inc. (COTELCO). MAGELCO-PALMA challenged before the CA two letter-directives issued by the National Electrification Administration (NEA).[3] COTELCO, on...