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Mega-Land Resources & Devt. Corp. etc. vs. C-E Construction Corp., et al

MEGA-LAND RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, represented by its President and General Manager, SY SIONG LATO, Petitioner, versus C-E CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION and CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ARBITRATION BOARD, Respondents.

G.R. No. 156211 | 2007-07-31

D E C I S I O N
 


Tinga, J.:

Rarely would affixing the correct docket number to the pleading spell the difference between a live and an extinct petition. This is one such rare instance.

This unusual case involved a set of facts that are ultimately simpler than meets the eye. Petitioner Mega-Land Resources and Development Corporation and private respondent C-E Construction Corporation were the disputants in a matter submitted for arbitration to public respondent Construction Industry Arbitration Commission (CIAC). The subject and cause of the dispute is of no relevance to this petition.

On 19 June 2002, the CIAC rendered a decision[1]...