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Alex A. Biteng vs. Department Of Interior And Local Government (Cordillera Administrative Region)

ALEX A. BITENG, Petitioner, versus DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (Cordillera Administrative Region), Respondent.

G.R. No. 153894 | 2005-02-16



EN BANC
DECISION

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Public office is a public trust.  Government officials must serve the people with utmost responsibility, integrity, loyalty and efficiency.  A person aspiring for public office must observe honesty, candor, and faithful compliance with the law.  Nothing less is expected.[1]

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review[2] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, seeking to reverse the January 31, 2002 Decision[3] and the May 13, 2002[4] Resolution of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-GR SP No. 63369.  The assailed Decision disposed as follows:

“IN LIGHT OF ALL THE FOREGOING, the ‘Petition’ is...