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Civil Service Commission vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, Petitioner, versus COURT OF APPEALS and RIMANDO A. GANNAPAO,** Respondents.

G.R. No. 159696 | 2005-11-17

D E C I S I O N 


PANGANIBAN, J.: 

Certiorari will issue only to strike down acts done without or in excess of jurisdiction; or those executed with grave 
abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction. Alleged errors committed in the exercise of jurisdiction are reviewable by timely appeal and cannot, as a rule, be deemed fit subjects of this extraordinary writ. 

The Case 

Before us is a Petition for Certiorari[1] under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court, seeking to reverse the January 14, 2003 Resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-GR SP No. 70605, granting respondent's Motion for the Issuance...