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Ponciano M. Layug vs. Lourdes Quisumbing, et al.

PONCIANO M. LAYUG, petitioner, vs. LOURDES QUISUMBING, as Secretary of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports and TEOFILO E. GOMEZ, as Regional Director, Department of Education, Culture & Sports, Region II, Davao City and RAMON PRESTO, respondents.

G.R. No. 82272 | 1990-02-07

D E C I S I O N


GRIá'O-AQUINO, J.:

The petitioner has been a high school teacher of English and Biology in the Davao Del Sur National High School in Digos, Davao Del Sur since 1971.

On May 19, 1986, he filed an administrative charge of harassment and oppression against his school principal respondent Ramon C. Presto.

On August 31, 1987, Presto filed countercharges of dishonesty, incompetence, insubordination and of being notoriously undesirable upon complaints of students, teachers and parents who demonstrated for two days against the petitioner on August 20-21, 1987. With the approval of the Secretary of the Department of Education,...