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Philippine National Oil Company – Energy Development Corporation vs. Leogardo 175 SCRA 26

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL OIL COMPANY-ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. HON. VICENTE T. LEOGARDO, DEPUTY MINISTER OF LABOR AND VICENTE D. ELLELINA, respondents.

G.R. No. 58494 | 1989-07-05

D E C I S I O N

MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

Through this Petition for Certiorari, Philippine National Oil Company-Energy Development Corporation (PNOC-EDC) seeks to declare null and void, for lack of jurisdiction, the Order of public respondent, the Deputy Minister of Labor, sustaining his jurisdiction over the instant controversy.

Petitioner PNOC-EDC is a subsidiary of the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC). On 20 January 1978, it filed with the Ministry of Labor and Employment, Regional Office No. VII, Cebu City (MOLE), a clearance application to dismiss/terminate the services of private respondent, Vicente D. Ellelina, a contractual...