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Hon Karina Constantino-David, et al vs Zenaida Pangandaman-Gania

HON. KARINA CONSTANTINO-DAVID, HON. JOSE F. ERESTAIN, JR., and HON. WALDEMAR V. VALMORES, in their capacities as Chairman and Commissioners, respectively, of the CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, petitioners, vs. ZENAIDA D. PANGANDAMAN-GANIA, respondent.

G.R. No. 156039 | 2003-08-14

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

"A system of procedure is perverted from its proper function when it multiplies impediments to justice without the warrant of clear necessity," so says Cardozo - an observation especially apt in the instant case involving the payment of back wages and other benefits resulting from the illegal dismissal of an employee due to improper personnel and non-disciplinary action. The disquieting procedural steps risked by respondent before the Court of Appeals, the tendency of the appellate court to overlook most of them, the doggedness of the Solicitor General to venture others, when neither the court a quo nor...