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Heirs of Manuel H. Ridad, et al. Vs. Gregorio Araneta University Foundation

HEIRS OF MANUEL H. RIDAD, APOLINARIO G. BACTOL, EMERITA C. GULINAO and LYDIA S . JUSAY, Petitioners, vs. GREGORIO ARANETA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION, Respondent

G.R. No. 188659 | 2013-02-13




SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N

PEREZ, J.:

For review is the Decision1 of the Special Former Ninth Division of the Court of Appeals dated 18 December 2008 which annulled and set aside the Decision2 of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) of 31 August 2004, as well as the Labor Arbiter's Decision3 dated 30 September 2002.

Three cases4 had already been brought up to this Court in a span of 3 decades all stemming from the Reorganization, Retrenchment and Restructuring (RRR) Program implemented by respondent Gregorio Araneta University Foundation (GAUF) way back in 1984.

At that time, Cesar Mijares, then President of GAUF, wrote to then...