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Mercedes Gonzales vs Nilo Rosas and Ricardo Nagpacan

MERCEDES B. GONZALES, petitioner, vs. NILO L. ROSAS and RICARDO P. NAGPACAN, respondents.

G.R. No. 145363 | 2004-02-23

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

For review on certiorari is the decision[1] dated October 2, 2000, in CA-G.R. SP No. 56251 of the Court of Appeals, which dismissed the special civil action for certiorari, charging the Ombudsman with grave abuse of discretion.

The antecedent facts, as culled from the records, are as follows:

Petitioner Mercedes B. Gonzales was a public school teacher from 1965 until her forced resignation in 1994. One Purita Avila filed before the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS), Division of City Schools, 3rd District, Caloocan City, sometime in 1993, an administrative complaint for grave misconduct,...