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OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN vs. HON. FRANCISCO B. IBAY, in his capacity as Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court, Makati City, Branch 135, UNION BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, and LOURDES T. MARQUEZ, in her capacity as Branch Manager of UBP Julia Vargas Branch

OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, petitioner, vs. HON. FRANCISCO B. IBAY, in his capacity as Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court, Makati City, Branch 135, UNION BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, and LOURDES T. MARQUEZ, in her capacity as Branch Manager of UBP Julia Vargas Branch, respondents.

G.R. No. 137538 | 2001-09-03

R E S O L U T I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

This special civil action for certiorari seeks to annul the Orders of public respondent dated August 19, 1998 and December 22, 1998, and to dismiss the proceedings in Civil Case No. 98-1585.

The factual antecedents of this case are as follows:

Sometime in 1998, petitioner conducted an investigation on the alleged "scam" on the Public Estates Authority-Amari Coastal Bay Development Corporation. The case, entitled Fact-Finding and Intelligence Bureau vs. Amadeo Lagdameo, et al., was docketed as OMB-0-97-0411. Initial result of the investigation revealed that the alleged anomaly was committed through the...