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Benjamin I. Espiritu Vs. Nelson B. Melgar, Et Al.

GOVERNOR BENJAMIN I. ESPIRITU, petitioner, vs. NELSON B. MELGAR and HON. JUDGE MARCIANO T. VIROLA, respondents.

G.R. No. 100874 | 1992-02-13

D E C I S I O N


GRIá'O-AQUINO, J.:

The issue in this special civil action of certiorari and prohibition is the jurisdiction of respondent Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Oriental Mindoro to stop the provincial governor from placing a municipal mayor under preventive suspension pending the investigation of administrative charges against the latter.

On April 11, 1991. one Ramir Garing of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro, filed a sworn letter-complaint with Secretary Luis Santos of the Department of Interior and Local Government charging Mayor Nelson Melgar of Naujan. Oriental Mindoro, with grave misconduct, oppression. abuse of authority,...