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Hon. Gov. Democrito Plaza etc, et al. Vs. CA, et al.

HON. GOVERNOR DEMOCRITO O. PLAZA (deceased, to be substituted by incumbent GOVERNOR VALENTINA G. PLAZA), DANILO S. SAMSON, FE TAN-CEBRIAN, HONORABLE SB MEMBER (now Vice Governor) VIRGINIA M. GETES, ADULFO A. LLAGAS (as members of the Administrative Investigating Committee), FRANCISCO U. FERNANDEZ, and JOSEFINA V. BAJADE, Petitioners, versus COURT OF APPEALS, GIL POL TAN, ELISA O. GILSANO, and EMMANUEL S. QUISMUNDO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 138464 | 2008-01-18

DECISION


AZCUNA, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, as amended, seeking to annul and set aside the Decision[1] dated February 13, 1997 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 34359, as well as its Resolution[2] dated March 30, 1999, denying petitioners' motion for reconsideration. The questioned decision lifted the orders of preventive suspension issued by petitioner Governor Democrito O. Plaza against private respondents. The appellate court then ordered the reinstatement of private respondents to their former positions with right to backwages but without prejudice to the...