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Rodolfo R. Palmera Vs. Civil Service Commission, Et Al.

RODOLFO R. PALMERA, petitioner, vs. THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AND THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, respondents.

G.R. No. 110168 | 1994-08-04

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

Petitioner started working in the government in 1953 and has held various positions in the Ministry of Public Works. On October 1, 1982, upon the merger of the Ministry of Public Works and the Ministry of Public Highways, he was appointed Assistant Regional Director of the National Capital Region (NCR).

On April 24, 1986, Palmera was directed by then DPWH Minister Rogaciano M. Mercado to turn over his office to Pacifico Mendoza (who had been assigned thereat as OIC) and to report to the MPWH Central Office for his new assignment.

On June 26, 1987, then DPWH Secretary Vicente R. Jayme charged Palmera, along...