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Edgardo V. Estarija vs. Edward F. Ranada, et al

EDGARDO V. ESTARIJA, Petitioner, versus EDWARD F. RANADA and the Honorable OMBUDSMAN Aniano A. Desierto (now succeeded by Hon. Simeon Marcelo), and his Deputy OMBUDSMAN for Mindanao, Hon. Antonio E. Valenzuela, Respondents.

G.R. No. 159314 | 2006-06-26

DECISION 
 
 
QUISUMBING, J.: 
 
This petition for review on certiorari assails the February 12, 2003 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 62557 which affirmed the October 2, 2000 Decision[2] of the Office of the Ombudsman-Mindanao in OMB-MIN-ADM-98-183. 
 
The facts are as follows: 
 
On August 10, 1998, respondent Edward F. Ranada, a member of the Davao Pilots Association, Inc. (DPAI) and Davao Tugboat and Allied Services, Inc., (DTASI) filed an administrative complaint for Gross Misconduct before the Office of the Ombudsman-Mindanao, against petitioner Captain Edgardo V. Estarija,...