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The Superintendent of City Schools for Manila Vs. Azarcon

THE SUPERINTENDENT OF CITY SCHOOLS FOR MANILA, ESTHER JUANINO, MA. LUISA QUI?ONES and SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Petitioners, versus MA. GRACIA AZARCON, and MELINDA A?ONUEVO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 166435 | 2008-02-11

D E C I S I O N


CORONA, J.:

This petition for review on certiorari[1] assails the decision[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 40848 and its resolution[3] denying reconsideration.

Respondents Ma. Gracia Azarcon and Melinda Anoñuevo, public school teachers assigned at General M. Hizon Elementary School (GMHES) in Tondo, Manila, joined the unauthorized mass action of public school teachers held from September 17 to 19, 1990.

On September 20, 1990, then Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS)[4] Secretary Isidro Cariño filed various charges[5] against those teachers who participated in the...