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Atty Angel Aguirre Jr, et al vs Evangeline De Castro

Atty. ANGEL AGUIRRE JR. as City Legal Officer of Manila; Atty. DOMINADOR MAGLALANG, Atty. MA. THERESA BALAGTAS and Atty. ANALYN T. MARCELO, all members of the Legal Panel of the Office of the City Legal Officer of Manila, petitioners, vs. EVANGELINE C. DE CASTRO, respondents.

G.R. No. 127631 | 1999-12-17

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

The city legal officer of Manila has no disciplinary authority over the chief of the Legal Affairs and Complaint Services of the Division of City Schools of Manila. Inasmuch as the said official was appointed by and is a subordinate of the regional director of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports, she is subject to the supervision and control of said director. The power to appoint carries the power to remove or to discipline. The mere fact that her salary is sourced from city funds does not ipso facto place her under the city legal officer's disciplinary jurisdiction, absent any clear statutory...