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Taisei Shimizu Joint Venture vs. Commission on Audit (COA) and the Department of Transportation (DOTr)

TAISEI SHIMIZU JOINT VENTURE, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON AUDIT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (FORMERLY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION), RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 238671 | 2020-06-02

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D E C I S I O N
 
LAZARO-JAVIER, J.:
 
The Case

This petition for certiorari[1] assails the Decision No. 2016-395 dated December 21, 2016[2] and Resolution No. 2018-047 dated January 22, 2018[3] of the Commission on Audit (COA) in COA C.P. Case No. 2015-622. The first partially disapproved the payment of the final and executory arbitral award rendered by the Construction Industry Arbitration Commission (CIAC) in favor of petitioner Taisei Shimizu Joint Venture[4] (TSJV); the second denied petitioner's motion for reconsideration.
 
Antecedents

Petitioner TSJV won the contract award for the...