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P02 Ruel C. Montoya Vs. Police Director Reynaldo P. Varilla, et al.

PO2 RUEL C. MONTOYA, Petitioner, POLICE DIRECTOR REYNALDO P. VARILLA, REGIONAL DIRECTOR, NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION, POLICE OFFICE and ATTY. RUFINO JEFFREY L. MANERE, REGIONAL LEGAL AFFAIRS SERVICE, Respondents.

G.R. No. 180146 | 2008-12-18

D E C I S I O N


CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:

This is a Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Revised Rules of Court seeking to nullify and set aside the Decision[1] dated 9 August 2007 and Resolution[2] dated 18 October 2007 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 96022, which affirmed Resolutions No. 05-1200 and No. 06-1500 dated 24 August 2005 and 23 August 2006, respectively, of the Civil Service Commission (CSC), dismissing petitioner Police Officer 2 (PO2) Ruel C. Montoya from the police service.

The following are the factual antecedents:

Montoya, a member of the Philippine National Police (PNP), was assigned to the...