Singson v.

NLRC
GR No. 122389
19 June 1997
Puno, J.
Miguel Singson, an
employee of !L, "as
#ismisse# f$om %is &o'
as ($affi)
Rep$esen*a*ive
assenge$ "%en af*e$ an
inves*iga*ion, i* "as
foun# *%a* %e soli)i*e#
money f$om a passenge$
"i*%ou* issuing a
$e)eip*.
+pon appeal *o *%e
NLRC, la'o$ a$'i*e$
Raul !,uino #e)la$e#
Singson-s #ismissal
illegal. .n appeal 'y
!L, *%e #ivision
assigne# *o *%e )ase
in)lu#e# *%e same Raul
!,uino, 'u* *%is *ime as
Commissione$. (%e
#ivision $ule# in favo$
of !L.
/%en Singson file# a
mo*ion fo$
$e)onsi#e$a*ion, i* "as
#enie# 'y *%e *"o
mem'e$s of *%e #ivision,
"i*%ou* *%e pa$*i)ipa*ion
of !,uino.
/0N *%e su'se,uen*
NLRC #e)ision is
vali# even if *%e same
la'o$ a$'i*e$ "%o
p$eviously #e)i#e# on
*%e )ase a)*ively
pa$*i)ipa*e# #u$ing *%e
p$o)ee#ings of !L-s
appeal.
N.. (%e offi)e$ "%o
$evie"s a )ase on appeal
s%oul# no* 'e *%e same
pe$son "%ose #e)ision
is *%e su'&e)* of $evie".
Singson "as #enie# #ue
p$o)ess "%en
Commissione$ !,uino
pa$*i)ipa*e#, as
p$esi#ing )ommissione$
of *%e Se)on# 1ivision
of *%e NLRC, in
$evie"ing !L-s appeal.
(%e infi$mi*y of *%e
$esolu*ion "as no* )u$e#
'y *%e fa)* *%a*
Singson-s MR "as
#enie# 'y 2
)ommissione$s an#
"i*%ou* pa$*i)ipa*ion of
!,uino. Singson-s $ig%*
*o an impa$*ial $evie" of
%is appeal s*a$*e# f$om
*%e *ime %e file# %is
appeal. 2e is no* only
en*i*le# *o an impa$*ial
*$i'unal in *%e $esolu*ion
of %is MR3%is $ig%* is
*o an impa$*ial $evie" of
*%$ee )ommissione$s.
(%e #enial of Singson-s
$ig%* *o an impa$*ial
$evie" of %is appeal is
no* an inno)uous
4%a$mless5 e$$o$6 i*
nega*e# %is $ig%* *o #ue
p$o)ess.
Re,uisi*es of p$o)e#u$al
#ue p$o)ess in
a#minis*$a*ive
p$o)ee#ings7
4a5 *%e $ig%* *o a
%ea$ing, "%i)% in)lu#es
*%e $ig%* *o p$esen*
one-s )ase an# su'mi*
evi#en)e in suppo$*
*%e$eof6
4'5 *%e *$i'unal mus*
)onsi#e$ *%e evi#en)e
p$esen*e#6
4)5 *%e #e)ision mus*
%ave some*%ing *o
suppo$* i*self6
4#5 *%e evi#en)e mus*
'e su's*an*ial6
4e5 *%e #e)ision mus* 'e
'ase# on *%e evi#en)e
p$esen*e# a* *%e %ea$ing,
o$ a* leas* )on*aine# in
*%e $e)o$# an# #is)lose#
*o *%e pa$*ies affe)*e#6
4f5 *%e *$i'unal o$ 'o#y
o$ any of i*s &u#ges
mus* a)* on i*s o"n
in#epen#en*
)onsi#e$a*ion of *%e la"
an# fa)*s of *%e
)on*$ove$sy, an# no*
simply a))ep* *%e vie"s
of a su'o$#ina*e6 an#
4g5 *%e 'oa$# of 'o#y
s%oul#, in all
)on*$ove$sial ,ues*ions,
$en#e$ i*s #e)ision in
su)% manne$ *%a* *%e
pa$*ies *o *%e
p$o)ee#ing )an 8no"
*%e va$ious issues
involve#, an# *%e $eason
fo$ *%e #e)ision
$en#e$e#.
!#minis*$a*ive #ue
p$o)ess in)lu#es7
4a5 *%e $ig%* *o no*i)e,
'e i* a)*ual o$
)ons*$u)*ive, of *%e
ins*i*u*ion of *%e
p$o)ee#ings *%a* may
affe)* a pe$son-s legal
$ig%*6
4'5 $easona'le
oppo$*uni*y *o appea$
an# #efen# %is $ig%*s
an# *o in*$o#u)e
"i*nesses an# $elevan*
evi#en)e in %is favo$6
4)5 a *$i'unal so
)ons*i*u*e# as *o give
%im $easona'le
assu$an)e of %ones*y
an# impa$*iali*y, an#
one of )ompe*en*
&u$is#i)*ion6
4#5 a fin#ing o$ #e)ision
'y *%a* *$i'unal
suppo$*e# 'y su's*an*ial
evi#en)e p$esen*e# a*
*%e %ea$ing o$ a* leas*
as)e$*aine# in *%e
$e)o$#s o$ #is)lose# *o
*%e pa$*ies.
(%e $evie"ing offi)e$
mus* pe$fo$)e 'e o*%e$
*%an *%e offi)e$ "%ose
#e)ision is un#e$
$evie".