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Civil Service Commission Vs. Tristan C. Colangco

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, Petitioner, versus TRISTAN C. COLANGGO,** Respondent.

G.R. No. 174935 | 2008-04-30

D E C I S I O N


CORONA, J.:


This petition for review on certiorari[1] seeks to set aside the February 22, 2006 decision[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 79047 and its resolution denying reconsideration.[3]

On October 25, 1992, respondent Tristan C. Colanggo took the Professional Board Examination for Teachers (PBET) and obtained a passing rate of 75.98%. On October 1, 1993, he was appointed Teacher I and was assigned to Don Ruben E. Ecleo, Sr. Memorial National High School in San Jose, Surigao del Norte.

Subsequently, a complaint questioning the eligibility of teachers in Surigao del Norte was filed in the Civil...