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UP and Alfredo Torres vs CSC

UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES and ALFREDO DE TORRES, petitioners, vs. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, respondent.

G.R. No. 132860 | 2001-04-03

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

As part of its academic freedom, the University of the Philippines has the prerogative to determine who may teach its students. The Civil Service Commission has no authority to force it to dismiss a member of its faculty even in the guise of enforcing Civil Service Rules.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, seeking to set aside the October 31, 1997 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA)[2] in CA-GR SP No. 40128. The CA upheld Resolution Nos. 95-3045[3] and 96-1041[4] issued by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) on May 5, 1995 and February 15, 1996,...