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Office of the Ombudsman Vs. Ricardo Evangelista, et al.

OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, Petitioner, versus RICARDO EVANGELISTA, CONCEPCION MELICAN, GRACE LIMOS and the HON. COURT OF APPELLEELAS (Sixteenth Division) Respondents.

G.R. No. 177211 | 2009-03-13

D E C I S I O N


Tinga, J.:

Respondents Ricardo Evangelista, Concepcion Melican and Grace Limos (respondents) are the mayor, municipal treasurer and accountant respectively, of Aguilar, Pangasinan.

In this petition for certiorari and prohibition,[1] the Office of the Ombudsman assails the Court of Appeals' decision[2] dated March 23, 2007 setting aside the Ombudsman's order placing respondents under preventive suspension.

The facts follow.

In an affidavit-complaint dated November 13, 2006, Priscilla Villanueva, the Co-Chair of the Local School Board of Aguilar, accused the respondents of having misappropriated the Special Education...