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Legaspi vs Civil Service Commission 150 SCRA 530

VALENTIN L. LEGASPI, petitioner, vs. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, respondent.

G.R. No. L-72119 | 1987-05-29

D E C I S I O N

CORTES, J.:

The fundamental right of the people to information on matters of public concern is invoked in this special civil action for Mandamus instituted by petitioner Valentin L. Legaspi against the Civil Service Commission. The respondent had earlier denied Legaspi's request for information on the civil service eligibilities of certain persons employed as sanitarians in the Health Department of Cebu City. These government employees, Julian Sibonghanoy and Mariano Agas, had allegedly represented themselves as civil service eligibles who passed the civil service examinations for sanitarians.

Claiming that his right to be...