FIRST DIVISION
[G.R. No. 242563. January 7, 2019.]
ALEXIS P. ROA, petitioner,vs. TOPLIS SOLUTIONS, INC. AND MARILYN CAUSING, respondents.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, First Division, issued a Resolution dated January 7, 2019 which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 242563 (Alexis P. Roa v. Toplis Solutions, Inc. and Marilyn Causing). — The Court resolves to DENY the petition for having been filed out of time. The petition should have been filed on September 4, 2018, but it was filed more than a month after, or on October 31, 2018. The petitioner seeks a relaxation of the rules to serve substantial justice. However, resort to a liberal application or suspension of the application of procedural rules must remain as an exception to the well-settled principle that rules must be complied with for the orderly administration of justice. Moreover, the relaxation of procedural rules cannot be made without any valid reasons proffered for or underpinning it. To merit liberality, petitioner must show reasonable cause justifying its non-compliance with the rules and must convince the Court that the outright dismissal of the petition would defeat the administration of substantial justice. 1 Here, the petitioner miserably failed to provide sufficient explanation for his lapse that may convince the Court to relax the rules and admit the petition. The desired leniency cannot be accorded absent valid and compelling reasons for such a procedural lapse. 2
WHEREFORE, the petition is DENIED. The Decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 154633 is AFFIRMED.
SO ORDERED." Bersamin, C.J., on official business; Del Castillo, J., designated as Acting Chairperson per Special Order No. 2632 dated December 28, 2018.
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) LIBRADA C. BUENADivision Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1.Building Care Corporation/Leopard Security & Investigation v. Macaraeg, G.R. No. 198357, December 10, 2012, 687 SCRA 643, 647.
2.Id. at 64.