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Teofilo I. Marcelo vs. Francisco S. Tantuico, Jr.

TEOFILO I. MARCELO, petitioner, vs. FRANCISCO S. TANTUICO, JR. Acting Chairman, Commission on Audit, Board of Directors, Philippine Coconut Authority and JOAQUIN T. VENUS, JR., Deputy Presidential Executive Assistant, respondents.

G.R. No. L-60074 | 1986-07-07

D E C I S I O N


PARAS, J:

This petition for Mandamus with Mandatory Injunction seeks to compel respondents to reinstate petitioner Teofilo I. Marcelo to the position of Corporate Auditor of the Philippine Coconut Authority and to pay him his unpaid salaries, allowances, emoluments and other benefits from the date he was dismissed from service up to his reinstatement.

The following basic pertinent facts are not disputed:

Petitioner entered the government service on May 3, 1949, starting as checker in the office of the Auditor of the defunct NARIC. After going thru the ladder of promotions, he was promoted on January 1, 1974 to the...