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Titus B. Villanueva vs. Emma M. Rosqueta

TITUS B. VILLANUEVA, Petitioner, versus EMMA M. ROSQUETA, Respondent

G.R. No. 180764 | 2010-01-19

DECISION

ABAD, J.:

This case is about the right to recover damages for alleged abuse of right committed by a superior public officer in preventing a subordinate from doing her assigned task and being officially recognized for it.

The Facts and the Case

Respondent Emma M. Rosqueta (Rosqueta), formerly Deputy Commissioner of the Revenue Collection and Monitoring Group of the Bureau of Customs (the Bureau), tendered her courtesy resignation from that post on January 23, 2001, shortly after President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo assumed office. But five months later on June 5, 2001, she withdrew her resignation, claiming that she enjoyed security of...