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National Power Corporation, et al vs CA, Ramon Arel, et al

NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION, PABLO V. MALIXI and MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF INQUIRY AND DISCIPLINE, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, RAMON AREL, LEE LICUP and ROMY L. FUENTES, respondents.

G.R. No. 137034 | 2004-02-23

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari[1] to annul the Resolution[2] dated 23 September 1998 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 48171, as well as its Resolution dated 6 January 1999 denying the motion for reconsideration. The Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal of the National Power Corporation ("NPC"), NPC's President Pablo Malixi ("Malixi"), and the members of the Board of Inquiry and Discipline ("BID") for non-observance of Section 10, Rule 44 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure.

Antecedent Facts

In August 1990, Oscar R. Verdeflor of Nymex Industrial Corporation ("Nymex") executed a sworn...