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Honorato M. Fruto vs. Rainero O. Reyes, etal.

HONORATO M. FRUTO, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE RAINERO O. REYES, Secretary, Department of Transportation and Communications, and LINA L. ESTRADA, Regional Director, National Capital Region, Land Transportation Office, respondents.

G.R. No. 82304 | 1989-11-29

D E C I S I O N


SARMIENTO, J.:

The petitioner, a dismissed employee of the Department of Transportation and Communications, asks for reinstatement in this petition for certiorari. The facts are beyond dispute.

The petitioner was employed way back in 1950 in the Motor Vehicles Office, of the defunct Land Transportation Commission (LTC), as a Chauffeur Examiner. Ten years later, he was promoted to the position of Driver Examiner, and later, Motor Vehicle Inspector. In 1971, he was named Registrar, of the Commission.

On November 1, 1979, Mariano Santiago, the Director of the Bureau of Land Transportation (BLT), promulgated Office Order...