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Office of the Ombudsman vs. Farida T. Lucero and Court of Appeals .

OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, Petitioner, versus FARIDA T. LUCERO and COURT OF APPEALS (Cebu City), Respondents

G.R. No. 168718 | 2006-11-24

EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
CALLEJO, SR., J.: 
 
Before the Court is a Petition for Review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 83356 reversing the decision of the Ombudsman in OMB V-A-02-0254-F, which ordered respondent Farida T. Lucero dismissed from the service for dishonesty. 
 
As culled by the CA from the records of the case, the antecedents are as follows: 
 
Petitioner Farida T. Lucero was appointed on November 18, 1999 as Clerk II of the Land Transportation Office, Regional Office No. VII, and was assigned at the Chief Finance...