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NACHURA, J.:
Before the Court is a petition for review on certiorari of
the Decision1 of the Court of Appeals (CA) dated May 30,
2005 and Resolution dated June 4, 2007. The assailed
Decision affirmed the dismissal of a petition for
cancellation of union registration filed by petitioner, Grand
Plaza Hotel Corporation, owner of Heritage Hotel Manila,
against respondent, National Union of Workers in the
Hotel, Restaurant and Allied Industries-Heritage Hotel
Manila Supervisors Chapter (NUWHRAIN-HHMSC), a
labor organization of the supervisory employees of Heritage
Hotel Manila.
The case stemmed from the following antecedents:
On October 11, 1995, respondent filed with the
Department of Labor and Employment-National Capital
Region (DOLE-NCR) a petition for certification election.2
The Med-Arbiter
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3 Id., at p. 133.
4 Id., at pp. 67-74.
5 Id., at pp. 83-85.
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6 Id., at p. 100.
7 Id., at pp. 87-95.
8 Id., at pp. 76-81.
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I.
The Court of Appeals seriously erred in ruling that the Labor Secretary
properly assumed jurisdiction over Petitioner’s appeal of the Regional
Director’s Decision in the Cancellation Petition x x x.
A. Jurisdiction is conferred only by law. The Labor Secretary
had no jurisdiction to review the decision of the Regional
Director in a petition for cancellation. Such jurisdiction is
conferred by law to the BLR.
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30 Rollo, p. 205.
31 Administrative Code of 1987, Book IV, Chapter 6, Sec. 32.
32 Sarapat v. Salanga, G.R. No. 154110, November 23, 2007, 538
SCRA 324, 332.
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33 Busilac Builders, Inc. v. Aguilar, A.M. No. RTJ-03-1809, October 17, 2006,
504 SCRA 585, 597.
34 Emphasis supplied.
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41 Rollo, p. 189.
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SO ORDERED.
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