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Macasiano vs. Pangramuyen, et al.

LEVY D. MACASIANO, petitioner, vs. EPI REY PANGRAMUYEN, MARIO R. GOMEZ, EDUARDO S. DE GUZMAN, MELCHOR DE LA CRUZ, and BARBA MARAYAG, respondents.

G.R. No. L-35078 | 1973-10-23

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:
The decisive question in this certiorari and quo warranto proceeding, one impressed with novelty as well as significance, is whether respondent Commissioner of Civil Service is at liberty to disregard a finding made by the Police Commission that the principal respondent, Mario R. Gomez, lacked the statutory qualification of military service for the position of a chief of police under the Police Act of 1966. 1 Respondent Commissioner did not feel bound to honor such a determination, perhaps influenced by the assertion of respondent Gomez that his completion of a basic reserve officer training course in college...