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Raul S. Manglapus Vs. Andres E. Matias, Et Al.

HON. RAUL S. MANGLAPUS, in his capacity as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, petitioner, vs. HON. ANDRES E. MATIAS, Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Manila (Branch 45) and GAVINO P. ABAYA, respondents.

G.R. No. 89618 | 1990-12-20

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

In early 1988, Gavino P. Abaya, Jr., who up to that time had been serving in the Philippine Mission to the United Nations in New York from September 1, 1971 continuously except for a brief period in 1983-1984 when he was recalled to the Home Office received an Assignment Order (No. 10-88 dated January 29, 1988) transferring him to the Philippine Embassy in Beijing as Minister-Counsellor and Consul General. 1 On March 18, 1988 he requested deferment of his transfer to his new assignment in Beijing, to "give him ample time to wind up official and pending family matters." 2

On April 15, 1988 the Office of...