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Zamboanga City District etc. vs. Commission on Audit

ZAMBOANGA CITY WATER DISTRICT, REPRESENTED BY ITS GENERAL MANAGER, LEONARDO REY D. VASQUEZ, ZAMBOANGA CITY WATER DISTRICT-EMPLOYEES UNION, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, NOEL A. FABIAN, LOPE IRINGAN, ALEJO S. ROJAS, JR., EDWIN N. MAKASIAR, RODOLFO CARTAGENA, ROBERTO R. MENDOZA, GREGORIO R. MOLINA, ARNULFO A. ALFONSO, LUCENA R. BUSCAS, LUIS A. WEE, LEILA M. MONTEJO, FELECITA G. REBOLLOS, ERIC A. DELGADO, NORMA L. VILLAFRANCA, ABNER C. PADUA, SATURNINO M. ALVIAR, FELIPE S. SALCEDO, JULIUS P. CARPITANOS, HANLEY ALBANA, JOHNY D. DEMAYO, ARCHILES A. BRAULIO, ELIZA MAY R. BRAULIO, TEDILITO R. SARMIENTO, SUSANA C. BONGHANOY, LUZ A. BIADO, ERIC V. SALARITAN, RYAN ED C. ESTRADA, NOEL MASA KAWAGUCHI, TEOTIMO REYES, JR., EUGENE DOMINGO, AND ALEX ACOSTA, REPRESENTED BY LUIS A. WEE, PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ON AUDIT, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 213472 | 2016-01-26

D E C I S I O N
 
MENDOZA, J.:
 
This is a petition for certiorari[1] under Rule 64 of the Revised Rules of Court seeking to reverse and set aside the October 28, 2010 Decision[2] and the June 6, 2014 Resolution[3] of the Commission on Audit (COA) which affirmed the October 14, 2008 Decision[4] of the Legal and Adjudication Sector, Legal and Adjudication Office-Corporate (LAO).

Petitioner Zamboanga City Water District (ZCWD) is a government-owned and/and controlled corporation (GOCC) which was created pursuant to the provisions of Presidential Decree (P.D.) No. 198 or the Provincial Water Utilities Act of 1973 (PWUA), as amended by...