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Samuel Pepito vs. Secretary of Labor, et al.

SAMUEL PEPITO, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE SECRETARY OF LABOR and EASTERN TEXTILE MILLS, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. L-49418 | 1980-02-29

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, C.J.:

It must have been the realization that the constitutional guarantee of security of tenure 1 could be applied to dismissals without cause even if ordered prior to the effectivity of the New Labor Code on November 1, 1974, 2 that led the Solicitor General as counsel for public respondent, then Acting Secretary of Labor Inciong, to accede to the plea for reinstatement of petitioner Samuel Pepito in this certiorari proceeding. 3 As set forth in the Comment, considered as the answer, Solicitor General Estelito P. Mendoza, Assistant Solicitor General Reynato S. Puno and Solicitor Jesus V. Diaz "are of the...