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Akay Printing Press vs. Minister of Labor & Employment, et al.

AKAY PRINTING PRESS, petitioner, vs. MINISTER OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, ET AL., respondents.

G.R. No. L-59651 | 1985-12-06

D E C I S I O N


PLANA, J.:

This petition for certiorari seeks to set aside the order dated May 25, 1981 of the Ministry of Labor and Employment which affirmed that of the MOLE Regional Director for National Capital Region ordering petitioner to reinstate private respondents to their positions with backwages, primarily on the ground that the Director's order was void ab initio, he having acted without jurisdiction on private respondents' complaint for illegal dismissal.

Private respondents Nelson Olayta and Jose Polpol were employed by petitioner Akay Printing Press as helpers. Sometime in August 1978, petitioner issued a memorandum to...