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Tereso V. Maturan vs. Santiago Maglana

TERESO V. MATURAN, petitioner-appellant, vs. Mayor SANTIAGO MAGLANA of San Francisco, Southern Leyte, Vice-Mayor HONORIO MAGONCIA, Municipal Councilors BONIFACIO AMARGA, JR., ALFONSO ASPIRIN, SR., SIMEON DUTERTE, SAMSON GAMUTAN, CONSTANCIO ESTAFIA, FELICISIMO BACUS, VICTOR JATAYNA, SR., JUANCHO MORI, Chief of Police FRANCISCO DUTERTE, Municipal Treasurer RAMON TOLIBAS and the MUNICIPALITY of SAN FRANCISCO, SOUTHERN LEYTE, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. 52091 G.R. No. 52091 | 1982-03-29

D E C I S I O N


DE CASTRO, J.:

This case was certified to this court by the Court of Appeals pursuant to its resolution dated October 30, 1979, the issue raised herein being purely legal, which is the interpretation of Presidential Decree No. 12-A and Letter of Instruction No. 14 in relation to the present case.

Petitioner was appointed as patrolman of San Francisco, Southern Leyte on February 1, 1965 with a compensation of P540.00 per annum. On October 1,1967 he was promoted to the rank of police sergeant at P720.00 per annum. On October 8, 1968 and July 1, 1969 petitioner's salary was adjusted to P1,320.00 and P1,800.00 per annum,...