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Gregorio Castillo vs Sandiganbayan and RP.

GREGORIO R. CASTILLO, petitioner, vs. SANDIGANBAYAN and the REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 138231 | 2002-02-21

D E C I S I O N

BUENA, J.:

This is a petition for certiorari, seeking to annul the Resolutions dated November 24, 1998 and February 18, 1999 of the Sandiganbayan in Civil Case No. 0014, which denied petitioner's motion to dismiss the complaint as against him pursuant to the ruling of this Court in Regala vs. Sandiganbayan, 262 SCRA 123.

On July 23, 1987, the Republic of the Philippines filed with the Sandiganbayan a complaint for reconveyance, reversion, accounting, restitution and damages against several persons one of which is petitioner. The case was docketed as Civil Case No. 0014. The allegations pertinent to the petitioner reads:...