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Office of the Ombudsman vs. CA, et al

OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, Petitioner, versus COURT OF APPEALS and MA. MELLY JAUD MAGBANUA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 168079 | 2007-07-17

D E C I S I O N
 


CARPIO, J.:


The Case

Before the Court is a petition for certiorari[1] assailing the 9 May 2005 Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals (Cebu City) in CA-G.R. SP No. 73085. The Court of Appeals set aside the 3 May 2000 Decision of the Office of the Ombudsman Visayas (Ombudsman Visayas) and the 6 June 2000 Memorandum and the 28 May 2002 Order[3] of the Office of the Ombudsman Manila (petitioner) in OMB-VIS-ADM-98-0466 insofar as it imposed upon Ma. Melly Jaud Magbanua (respondent) the penalty of dismissal from the service.


The Antecedent Facts

Respondent was the Local Treasury Operations Assistant of the City Treasurer's...