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Office of the Ombudsman vs. Samson G. De Leon

Office of the Ombudsman, Petitioner vs. Samson G. De Leon, Respondent

G.R. No. 154083 | 2013-02-27

FIRST DIVISION 
DECISION 
 
BERSAMIN, J.: 
 
A public official is guilty of grave misconduct when he neglects to act upon a complaint about a violation of the law he is enforcing. He may be suspended or dismissed from office for his first offense. 
 
The Office of the Ombudsman seeks the review and reversal of the decision promulgated on January 30, 2002, whereby the Court of Appeals (CA) reduced to suspension for three months without pay for simple neglect of duty the penalty of suspension for one year without pay the Office of the Ombudsman had imposed on respondent Samson De Leon...