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Santos vs CA, Metropolitan Authority MMDA and CSC

ANTONIO P. SANTOS, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY, now known as METROPOLITAN MANILA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, and THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, respondents.

G.R. No. 139792 | 2000-11-22

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

In this petition for review on certiorari petitioner assails the decision of 19 August 1999 of the Court of Appeals[1] in CA-G.R. SP No. 48301, which held that petitioner's separation pay under Section 11 of R.A. No. 7924 should be limited to the number of years of his service in the Metropolitan Manila Authority (MMA) only, excluding his years of service as judge of the Metropolitan Trial Court (MeTC) of Quezon City for which he has already been given retirement gratuity and pension.

The undisputed facts are as follows:

On 18 January 1983, petitioner was appointed Judge of the MeTC of Quezon City,...