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Eleanor Dela Cruz vs. COA

ELEANOR DELA CRUZ, FEDERICO LUCHICO, JR., SOLEDAD EMILIA CRUZ, JOEL LUSTRIA, HENRY PAREL, HELENA HABULAN, PORFIRIO VILLENA, JOSEPH FRANCIA, CARMELLA TORRES, JOB DAVID, CESAR MEJIA, MA. LOURDES V. DEDAL, ALICE TIONGSON, REYDELUZ CONFERIDO, PHILIPPE LIM, NERISSA SANCHEZ, MARY LUZ ELAINE PURACAN, RODOLFO QUIMBO, TITO GENILO and OSCAR ABUNDO, as members of the Board of the National Housing Authority from the period covering 1991-1996, petitioners, vs. COMMISSION ON AUDIT, represented by its Commissioners, respondents.

G.R. No. 138489 | 2001-11-29

D E C I S I O N

SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:

This petition for certiorari[1] assails the Decision No. 98-381 dated September 22, 1998, rendered by the Commission on Audit (COA), denying petitioners' appeal from the Notice of Disallowance No. 97-011-061 issued by the NHA Resident Auditor on October 23, 1997. Such Notice disallowed payment to petitioners of their representation allowances and per diems for the period from August 19, 1991 to August 31, 1996 in the total amount of P276,600.00.

Petitioners, numbering 20, were members of the Board of Directors of the National Housing Authority (NHA) from 1991 to 1996.

On September 19, 1997, the COA...