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THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF CAMARINES NORTE, REPRESENTED BY GOVERNOR JESUS O. TYPOCO, JR., PETITIONER, VS. BEATRIZ O. GONZALES, RESPONDENT.

THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF CAMARINES NORTE, REPRESENTED BY GOVERNOR JESUS O. TYPOCO, JR., PETITIONER, VS. BEATRIZ O. GONZALES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 185740 | 2013-07-23

EN BANC

D E C I S I O N

BRION, J.:

We resolve the Provincial Government of Camarines Norte’s (petitioner) petition for review on certiorari[1] assailing the Decision[2] dated June 25, 2008 and the Resolution[3] dated December 2, 2008 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 97425, reinstating respondent Beatriz O. Gonzales as the Province of Camarines Norte’s provincial administrator, or to an equivalent position.

Factual Antecedents

Gonzales was appointed as the provincial administrator of the Province of Camarines Norte by then Governor Roy A. Padilla, Jr. on April 1, 1991. Her appointment was on a permanent capacity. On March 8, 1999,...