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Agusan del Norte Electric Cooperative, Inc., et al. Vs. Fortunato A. Vailoces, et al.

AGUSAN DEL NORTE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., ANTONIO L. SUAREZ, as General Manager and Ex-Oficio Member of the Board of Directors, et al., petitioners, vs. HON. FORTUNATO A. VAILOCES, in his capacity as Judge of the Court of First Instance of Agusan del Norte & Butuan City, 15th Judicial District, and PERLITA S. JONGKO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-60716 | 1983-10-27

D E C I S I O N


PLANA, J.:

This is a petition for certiorari with preliminary injunction set against the following background:

From 1977 to December 1981, Perlita S. Jongko was employed by the Agusan del Norte Electric Company, Inc. (ANECO) initially as accountant and later as office manager. On December 7, 1981, allegedly in the absence of a substantial basis and without giving Jongko reasonably sufficient opportunity to put up her defense, the ANECO general manager, Antonio Suarez, with the concurrence of the ANECO board of directors, dismissed Jongko as office manager for alleged dishonesty, conflicting interest, abuse of authority...