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Damaso Discanso, Et Al. Vs. Felicisimo Gatmaytan

DAMASO DISCANSO and FLORENCIO VALIENTE, petitioners-appellees, vs. FELICISIMO GATMAYTAN, Municipal Treasurer, Guimba, Nueva Ecija, respondent-appellant.

G.R. No. L-12226 | 1960-10-31

D E C I S I O N


PAREDES, J.:

Petitioners-appellees Damaso Discanso and Florencio Valiente, were policemen of the municipality of Guimba, Nueva Ecija, who were removed from office, in 1952, by the then Acting Mayor Dr. Virgilio V. Calica. Appellees instituted Mandamus proceedings (Special Civil Action No. 1265) against the acting mayor Arsenio N. Padre. The lower court rendered judgment, declaring the removal of petitioners illegal and ordered their reinstatement and the payment of their back salaries.
By virtue of the decision, the municipal council of Guimba approved resolutions Nos. 135, Exh. A, dated December 3, 1955; 156, dated June...