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Abbot vs Mapayo & PEOPLE

ENGR. TEODOTO B. ABBOT, petitioner, vs. HON. JUDGE HILARIO I. MAPAYO, Presiding Judge, RTC-Br. 19, Digos, Davao del Sur and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 134102 | 2000-07-06

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

We are tasked to resolve in this petition the issue of which tribunal - the Sandiganbayan or the Court of Appeals - has jurisdiction to entertain the Petition for Certiorari with Prohibition filed by petitioner Teodoto B. Abbot in the Court of Appeals. Petitioner claims that jurisdiction is vested in the Court of Appeals; on the other hand, the Court of Appeals together with the Office of the Solicitor General holds that the Petition for Certiorari with Prohibition falls properly within the jurisdiction of the Sandiganbayan.

Petitioner Teodoto B. Abbot, Chief of the Irrigation System, Mal-River Project,...