Practice question
A claimant relies on Laroco to demand the Section 21(c) cash payment although the member died while in service after only two years. No other qualifying basis is alleged. Which is sound?
- Laroco does not erase the statutory minimum three-year service condition for that paragraph.
- The ruling abolished every statutory condition.
- Two years must always be read as fifteen.
- Every claimant automatically receives a pension regardless of service.
- Invalidating one regulatory restriction repeals the entire law.
Legal references
- RA 8291, Section 21(c), survivorship cash payment and legal-heir fallback: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/4363
- Laroco v. GSIS Committee on Claims, G.R. No. 267620, February 24, 2026, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2026/feb2026/gr_267620_2026.html
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