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Paraiso vs. Castelo-Sotto

CECILIA R. PARAISO, petitioner, vs. HERMINIA CASTELO-SOTTO and EUGENIO I. SAGMIT in their capacity as Associate Commissioners Workmen's Compensation Commission, and REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (DEPARTMENT OF LABOR), respondents.

G.R. No. L-42896 | 1978-09-30

D E C I S I O N

MAKASIAR, J:

Review of the January 30, 1976 decision of the respondent Commission reversing the October 29, 1975 award of the Acting Hearing Officer in WC Case No. 164244.

Petitioner rendered government service for a period of forty (40) years, more or less; the first twelve (12) of which was as a classroom teacher with the Bureau of Public Schools and the last twenty-eight (28) with the Department of Labor where she initially held the position of clerk. At the time of her retirement on July 1, 1974 at the age of 61, she was holding the position of Supervising Apprenticeship Officer (Chief of Division) with a salary of...