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Judge RenatoFuentes vs Office of the Ombudsman-Mindanao, et al.

JUDGE RENATO A. FUENTES, petitioner, vs. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN-MINDANAO, GRAFT INVESTIGATION OFFICER II, MARIVIC A. TRABAJO-DARAY, ANTONIO E. VALENZUELA in his capacity as the Director for Fact Finding and Intelligence of the Office of the Deputy Ombudsman for Mindanao, and MARGARITO P. GERVACIO, JR., in his capacity as Deputy Ombudsman for Mindanao, respondents.

G.R. No. 124295 | 2001-10-23

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

The case is a petition[1] for certiorari assailing the propriety of the Ombudsman's action investigating petitioner for violation of Republic Act No. 3019, Section 3(e).[2]

On August 23, 1995, we promulgated a decision in Administrative Matter No. RTJ-94-1270.[3] The antecedent facts are as follows:

x x x [P]ursuant to the government's plan to construct its first fly-over in Davao City, the Republic of the Philippines (represented by DPWH) filed an expropriation case against the owners of the properties affected by the project, namely, defendants Tessie Amadeo, Reynaldo Lao and Rev. Alfonso Galo. The case was...