G.R. No. 187107 - United Claimants Association of NEA vs. National Electrification Administration

Petitioners: United Claimants Association of NEA (UNICAN), represented by Bienvenido R. Leal and other terminated employees of the National Electrification Administration (NEA).
Respondents: National Electrification Administration (NEA), NEA Board of Administrators, including Chairman Angelo T. Reyes and other members.
The petitioners were former NEA employees terminated following the implementation of NEA Board Resolutions Nos. 46 and 59.

NEA was created under Presidential Decree No. 269 (August 6, 1973), with its Board of Administrators vested with broad powers including organizing or reorganizing NEA’s staffing structure (Sec. 5(a)(5) PD 269).
Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (RA 9136), aimed at restructuring the electric power industry and privatizing the National Power Corporation, included provisions to reorganize NEA’s functions.
Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) under RA 9136 provided that NEA employees would be considered terminated upon reorganization, entitling them to separation benefits (Rule 33, Sec. 3(b)(ii)).

Executive Order No. 119 (August 28, 2002) directed the NEA Board to submit a reorganization plan.
NEA Board issued Resolutions Nos. 46 and 59 (July 10 and September 3, 2003) implementing the NEA Termination Pay Plan.
The Department of Budget and Management approved the termination pay plan on September 17, 2003.
NEA implemented an "Early Leavers Program" for voluntary early retirement.
The remaining NEA employees were terminated effective December 31, 2003.

Whether the NEA Board had the authority to terminate all NEA employees under the reorganization plan.
Whether Executive Order No. 119 granted the NEA Board the power to terminate all NEA employees.
Whether the NEA Board acted in bad faith in passing the resolutions leading to termination.
Procedural issues regarding jurisdiction and appropriateness of the remedy of injunction.