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Office of the Ombudsman (Visayas) Vs. Rodolfo Zaldarriaga

OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN (VISAYAS), Petitioner, versus RODOLFO ZALDARRIAGA, Respondent.

G.R. No. 175349 | 2010-06-22

DECISION


PERALTA, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari assailing the Decision[1] dated October 27, 2006 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 81392, which reversed and set aside the Decision of the Office of the Ombudsman (Visayas) dismissing respondent from government service.

The procedural and factual antecedents are as follows:

Respondent Rodolfo Zaldarriaga was the Municipal Treasurer of the Municipality of Lemery, Iloilo.

On November 16, 1998, the Commission on Audit (COA), through State Auditors Sergia G. Garachico, Cresencia H. Gulangayan, and Shelly H. Gorriceta, conducted an audit examination of the...