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De Jesus vs. COA

RODOLFO S. DE JESUS, EDELWINA DG. PARUNGAO, HERMILO S. BALUCAN, AVELINO C. CASTILLO, DANILO B. DE LEON (Interim Board of Directors, Catbalogan Water District), and ALICE MARIE C. OSORIO (Board Secretary), petitioners, vs. COMMISSION ON AUDIT, respondent.

G.R. No. 149154 | 2003-06-10

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO, J.:
 
The Case

This is a petition for certiorari[1] to annul the Decision dated 12 September 2000 of the Commission on Audit ("COA") and its Resolution dated 5 July 2001. The COA affirmed the disallowance of payment of allowances and bonuses to members of the interim Board of Directors of the Catbalogan Water District.

The Antecedents

An auditing team from the COA Regional Office No. VIII in Candahug, Palo, Leyte, audited the accounts of the Catbalogan Water District ("CWD") in Catbalogan, Samar. The auditing team discovered that between May to December 1997 and April to June 1998, members of...