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COA vs. Hinampas, et al

COMMISSION ON AUDIT, REGIONAL OFFICE NO. 13, BUTUAN CITY, Petitioner, versus AGAPITO A. HINAMPAS and EMMANUEL J. CABANOS, Respondents; OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, Petitioner-Intervenor.

G.R. No. 158672 | 2007-08-07

                                               D E C I S I O N


GARCIA, J.:


Cast against different factual backdrops but raising a common issue relative to the nature of the administrative disciplinary power of the Office of the Ombudsman (OOMB) are these five (5) consolidated petitions for review assailing the decisions of the Court of Appeals (CA) which overturned the Ombudsman's actions on the premise that the Ombudsman's administrative disciplinary power is merely recommendatory.

More particularly, the...