LABOR RELATION AND NEGOTIATION THIRD DIVISION AMA COMPUTER COLLEGE,PARAÑAQUE, and/orAMABLE C. AGUILUZ IX,President, MRS. CELESTE BANSALE, School Director, MS. SOCORRO,MR. PATRICK AZANZA,GRACE BERANIA and MAJAL JACOB, Petitioners, - versus - ROLANDO A. AUSTRIA, Respondent. | G.R. No. 164078 Present: YNARES-SANTIAGO, J., Chairperson,AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ,CHICO-NAZARIO,NACHURA, andREYES, JJ. Promulgated: November 23, 2007 | x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x DECISION NACHURA, J.: Before this Court is a Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Civil Procedure seeking the reversal of the Court of Appeals (CA) Decision dated March 29, 2004 which affirmed with modification the Decision of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC), dated March 31, 2003.
The Facts Petitioner AMA Computer College, Parañaque (AMA) is an educational institution duly organized under the laws of the Philippines. The rest of the petitioners are principal officers of AMA. Respondent Rolando A. Austria (respondent) was hired by AMA on probationary employment as a college dean on April 24, 2000. On August 22, 2000, respondent’s appointment as dean was confirmed by AMA’s Officer-in-Charge (OIC), Academic Affairs, in his Memorandum which reads: After a thorough evaluation of the performance of Mr. Rolando Austria as Dean, we are happy to inform you that he is hereby officially confirmed as Dean of AMA College Parañaque effective April 17, 2000 to September 17, 2000. In view of this, he will be entitled to a transportation allowance of One Thousand Five Hundred Sixty Pesos (P1,560.00). In the