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Ronquillo Jr. etc. vs. National Electrification etc.

NAPOLEON S. RONQUILLO, JR., EDNA G. RAÑA, ROMEO REFRUTO, PONCIANO T. ANTEGRO, ET AL., PETITIONERS, VS. NATIONAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION, EDITA S. BUENO, MARIANO T. CUENCO, AND DIANA M. SAN LUIS, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 172593 | 2016-04-20

D E C I S I O N
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
Under Republic Act No. 6758, the Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) has been integrated into the standardized salary rates of government workers. Its back payment to the former employees of the National Electrification Administration is, therefore, unauthorized.

This resolves the Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure.[1] The Petition is an offshoot of the Regional Trial Court's disposition of Special Civil Action No. Q-04-53967.[2]

To provide the country's total electrification on an area coverage basis, the National Electrification Administration...