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AFP Mutual Benefit Assoc. vs. National Labor Relations Commission, et al.

AFP MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION, INC., petitioner vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and EUTIQUIO BUSTAMANTE, respondents.

G.R. No. 102199 | 1997-01-28

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

The determination of the proper forum is crucial because the filing of the petition or complaint in the wrong court or tribunal is fatal, even for a patently meritorious claim. More specifically, labor arbiters and the National Labor Relations Commission have no jurisdiction to entertain and rule on money claims where no employer-employee relations is involved. Thus, any such award rendered without jurisdiction is a nullity.

This petition for certiorari under Rule 65, Rules of Court seeks to annul the Resolution 1 of the National Labor Relations Commission, promulgated September 27, 1991, in NLRC-NCR...