Facts:

• The case is National Sugar Workers Union-PAFLU vs. Hon. Arsenio I. Martinez, ALU, Central Azucarera de la Carlota, and the Department of Labor, decided by the Supreme Court on December 19, 1980.
• The dispute originated from a certification election case (CIR Case No. 91-MC-Iloilo) initiated by the ALU on July 20, 1966, claiming majority representation among workers at Central Azucarera de la Carlota.
• NASWU-PAFLU responded to the ALU's petition on August 6, 1966.
• Both parties agreed on the bargaining unit's composition and the list of eligible voters during hearings.
• On January 28, 1967, Judge Martinez granted the petition and requested the Department of Labor to conduct the certification election.
• The ALU filed a motion for reconsideration and to suspend the elections, leading the CIR to suspend the elections on February 18, 1967.
• On March 14, 1967, the CIR denied the ALU's motion and scheduled elections for April 3, 1967, later reset to April 11, 1967.
• The ALU sought an injunction on April 9, 1967, to suspend the elections, claiming a certiorari appeal was filed.
• Judge Martinez allowed the elections on April 11, 1967, but deferred the canvassing of results, leading the Department of Labor to halt the canvassing.
• The Supreme Court, in a separate resolution on May 19, 1967, ordered the CIR to count the ballots, making the issue of Judge Martinez's alleged grave abuse of discretion moot.

Issue:

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Ruling:

• The Supreme Court dismissed the petition for certiorari and prohibition filed by NASWU-PAFLU, ruling that the issue had become moot and academic due to a ...(Unlock)

Ratio:

• The Supreme Court determined that the matter was rendered moot and academic by its prior resolution in G.R. No. L-27382, which di...continue reading