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Ligot vs. Mathay 56 SCRA 823

BENJAMIN T. LIGOT, petitioner, vs. ISMAEL MATHAY, Auditor General and JOSE V. VELASCO, Auditor, Congress of the Philippines, respondents.

G.R. No. L-34676 | 1974-04-30

D E C I S I O N

TEEHANKEE, J:

The Court dismisses the petition for review and thereby affirms the Auditor-General's decision that petitioner as a Congressman whose term of office expired on December 30, 1969 and qualified for retirement benefits by virtue of a minimum of twenty years of government service is entitled to a retirement gratuity based on the salary actually received by him as a member of Congress of P7,200.00 per annum. To grant petitioner's contention that the retirement gratuity of members of Congress such as himself whose terms expired on December 30, 1969 should be computed on the basis of an increased salary of...