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Office of the Ombudsman, represented by Hon. Aniano A. Desierto Vs. Heirs of Margarita vda. De Ventura represented by Pacita V. Pascual, et al.

OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, represented by HON. ANIANO A. DESIERTO, Petitioner, versus HEIRS OF MARGARITA VDA. DE VENTURA, represented by PACITA V. PASCUAL, EMILIANO EUSEBIO, JR., and CARLOS RUSTIA, Respondents

G.R. No. 151800 | 2009-11-05

D E C I S I O N


PERALTA, J.:

This resolves the Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, praying that the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) dated February 27, 2001, and the CA Resolution[2] dated December 11, 2001, be reversed and set aside.

The undisputed facts are as follows.

On November 17, 1996, respondents filed with the Office of the Ombudsman a Complaint for Falsification of Public Documents and Violation of Section 3, paragraph (e)[3] of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 3019, as amended (the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act) against Zenaida H. Palacio and spouses Edilberto and Celerina Darang....