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Office of the Ombudsman Vs. Court of Appeals and Dinah C. Barriga

OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, Petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and DINAH C. BARRIGA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 172224 | 2011-01-26




SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO, J.:


The Case


Before the Court is a petition for certiorari1 assailing the Resolutions dated 20 February 20062 and 16 June 20053 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 00079.


The Facts


Sometime in 2000, Sonia Q. Pua (Pua), a Municipal Councilor of Carmen, Cebu, filed a complaint4 with the Office of the Deputy Ombudsman for Visayas. Pua alleged that Virgilio E. Villamor (Villamor), Municipal Mayor; Bebelia C. Bontia (Bontia), Municipal Treasurer; and respondent Dinah C. Barriga (Barriga), Municipal Accountant, all public officials of Carmen, Cebu, entered into several irregular and anomalous...