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Ocampo vs. Subido

DOLORES T. OCAMPO, petitioner, vs. HON. ABELARDO SUBIDO, Commissioner of Civil Service, HON. JOSE YULO, Secretary of Justice and LEONARDO T. JOSON, respondents.

G.R. No. L-28344 | 1976-08-27

D E C I S I O N

MARTIN, J:

This is a case of promotional appointment assailed as having been extended by a former Secretary of Justice and approved by the then Commissioner of Civil Service in violation of Section 23 of the Civil Service Act of 1959, as amended, more particularly the principle of seniority and the next-in-rank rule.

Sometime in 1962, the position of Deputy Clerk of Court in the cadastral section of the Court of First Instance of Nueva Ecija was left vacant by the promotion of the incumbent Deputy Clerk of Court. Respondent-appellee Leonardo T. Joson, a Docket Clerk, high school graduate and Second grade eligible,...