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GEMMA P. CABALIT, Petitioner,vs.COMMISSION ON AUDIT-REGION VII, Respondent.

Gemma P. Cabalit vs. COA-Region VII/Filadelfo S. Apit vs. COA, Legal and adjuciation, Region VII/Leonardo G. Olaivar, etc. vs. Hon. Primo C. Miro, etc., et al.

G.R. Nos. 180326/180341/180342 | 2012-01-17

EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N
 
VILLARAMA, JR., J.:
 
Three employees from the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Jagna, Bohol were found by the Ombudsman to have perpetrated a scheme to defraud the government of proper motor vehicle registration fees. They now seek in the present consolidated petitions a judgment from this Court annulling the January 18, 2006 Decision1 and September 21, 2007 Resolution2 of the Court of Appeals (CA) which affirmed with modification the Decision3 of the Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas dismissing them from government service.
 
The facts follow:
 
On September 4, 2001, the Philippine Star News, a...