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Taduran, Napoleon A. vs. Commissioner of Civil Service, et al.

NAPOLEON A. TADURAN, petitioner, vs. COMMISSIONER OF CIVIL SERVICE and LIWANAG M. GODINEZ, respondents.

G.R. No. L-52051 | 1984-07-31

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MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

A Petition for Review on Certiorari of the decision of the Civil Service Commission upholding that of the Merit Systems Board in its MSB Case No. 50.

In the Regional Health Offices of the Ministry of Health, there are positions of Supervising Dentist and Senior Dentist, the former being of higher rank. Sometime in 1977, the position of Supervising Dentist in Regional Health Office No. 4, Manila, became vacant. At that time, petitioner TADURAN was the Supervising Dentist of Regional Health Office (RHO) No. 9, Zamboanga City, while private respondent GODINEZ was Senior Dentist of Regional Health...