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Gaudencio T. Cena Vs. Civil Service Commission

GAUDENCIO T. CENA, petitioner, vs. THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION and THE HON PATRICIA A. STO. TOMAS, in her capacity as Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, respondents.

G.R. No. 97419 | 1992-07-03

D E C I S I O N


MEDIALDEA, J.:

May a government employee who has reached the compulsory retirement age of 65 years, but who has rendered 11 years, 9 months and 6 days of government service, be allowed to continue in the service to complete the 15-year service requirement to enable him to retire with the benefits of an old-age pension under Section 11 par.(b) of the Revised Government Service Insurance Act of 1977? This is the issue raised before this Court by petitioner Gaudencio T. Cena, a Registrar of the Register of Deeds of Malabon, Metro Manila.

The facts are not disputed.

Petitioner Gaudencio T. Cena entered the government...