BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, ET AL., PETITIONERS, VS. THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, HON. LABOR ARBITER EDUARDO J. CARPIO AND MA. JULIETA MALIWANAG, RESPONDENTS.

On 09 September 2014, this Court promulgated a Resolution^[1], the dispositive portion of which reads, to wit:

“IN VIEW OF THE FOREGOING, action on the respective Manifestations and Motions of Private respondent and petitioners is held in abeyance pending submission by the petitioners and private respondent of the original or certified true copies of the aforementioned documents within five (5) days from receipt hereof.

SO ORDERED.”

On 25 September 2014, the private respondent, through counsel, filed a Motion to Admit Attached Compliance^[2]. In the said motion, the private respondent’s counsel alleged that the reason for the delay in filing of the Compliance was due to the occurrence of the typhoon “Mario”, which also caused the suspension of work of government offices. In addition to the aforementioned, the following were attached with the motion:

1) The “Compliance”^[3] filed by the private respondent;

2) A certified true copy of the “Compromise Agreement”^[4] executed by and between private respondent Ma. Julieta B. Maliwanag and petitioners Bank of the Philippine Islands, et al.; and

3) A certified true copy of the “Quitclaim and Release”^[5] executed by private respondent Ma. Julieta B. Maliwanag.

Then on 05 January 2015, as per the Judicial Records Division Verification Report^[6], the petitioners failed to comply with the 09 September 2014 Resolution.

With regard to the Compliance, which was filed four (4) days late, in the interest of substantial justice, it is hereby ADMITTED and NOTED.

As regards the Judicial Records Division Verification Report dated 05 January 2015, it is hereby NOTED.

In view of the amicable settlement between the petitioners and private respondent, and the submission of the certified true copies of the documents, the separate Manifestations with Motion to Dismiss the Instant Petition filed by both the petitioners and private respondent is hereby GRANTED. The instant case is declared CLOSED and TERMINATED.

SO ORDERED.

Punzalan-Castillo, M.P., Chairperson and Galapate-Laguilles, Z.T., JJ., concur.

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^[1] Rollo, pp. 106 – 107.

^[2] Id., pp. 108 – 109

^[3] Id., p. 110.

^[4] Id., pp. 111 – 112.

^[5] Id., p. 113.

^[6] Id., p. 114.