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Peter C. Chua Lao vs Alfredo N. Macapugay, et al

PETER C. CHUA LAO, petitioner, vs. ALFREDO N. MACAPUGAY, in his capacity as Quezon City Building Official, ALFREDO D. ZAMORA, JR., in his capacity as Quezon City Assistant Building Official, JOSE L. R. REYES in his capacity as Quezon City Legal Officer, FRANCISCO M. ITLIONG, in his capacity as Quezon City Chief of Enforcement Division, and SPOUSES VENANCIO and PAULINA TAY, respondents.

G.R. No. 132893 | 1999-08-13

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

This petition for certiorari assails the resolution[1] of the Ombudsman dismissing the charges leveled by petitioner Peter Chua Lao against respondents building official, the assistant building official, the Quezon City Legal Officer, the Chief, Enforcement Division, and respondent-spouses Venancio Tay and Paulina Tay, as well as the resolution[2] denying reconsideration of the dismissal, on the ground that there was no showing that the questioned acts of respondents public officials were motivated by bad faith and thus, there was no probable cause to file a criminal case against them.

The facts are as...