Professional Documents
Culture Documents
SO ORDERED.
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The Facts
Culled from the records, the facts are as follows:2
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3Id., at p. 4.
4Id., at pp. 14.
5Id., at pp. 1024.
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xxx we would like to inform your good office that since I was
appointed as the College Registrar only June 20, 1997, I cannot
certify whether or not the attached documents were issued by the
Caloocan City Polytechnic College. But, we would like to
inform you that based on the records kept in this office,
the attached two documents are not available in our file
and MR. RAMON C. GALICIA has no records from the 18
units of Education, 1st Semester, 19851986.6
Ombudsman Disposition
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6Id., at p. 66.
7Id., at p. 89.
8Id., at p. 84.
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10Id., at p. 88.
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must be filed within one year from the occurrence of the act
charged.14
The Ombudsman denied Galicias motion for
reconsideration.15 It declared that the Ombudsmans
disciplining authority extended over all illegal, unjust, and
improper acts of public officials or employees, as expressly
provided by the 1987 Constitution and the Ombudsman
Act.
CA Decision
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Issues
I
WITH DUE RESPECT, THE HONORABLE COURT OF
APPEALS ERRED IN NULLIFYING THE DECISION OF THE
OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN ON ALLEGED
JURISDICTIONAL INFIRMITY.
II
WITH DUE RESPECT, THE HONORABLE COURT OF
APPEALS ERRED IN REVERSING THE FINDINGS OF FACT
OF THE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN WHICH ARE BASED
ON SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.20 (Italics supplied)
Our Ruling
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19 Alcala v. Villar, G.R. No. 156063, November 18, 2003, 416 SCRA
147.
20Id., at pp. 2122.
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21G.R. No. 90591, November 21, 1990, 191 SCRA 545, 550.
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32Rollo, p. 63.
33Id., at pp. 6973.
34Pizza Hut/Progressive Development Corporation v. National Labor
Relations Commission, G.R. No. 117059, January 29, 1996, 252 SCRA 531.
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