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Light Rail Transit Authority etc. Vs. Aurora A. Salvana

LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT AUTHORITY, represented by its Administrator MELQUIADES A. ROBLES, Petitioner, vs. AURORAA. SALVANA Respondent,

G.R. No. 192074 | 2014-06-10

EN BANC
 
DECISION

LEONEN, J.:
 
An administrative agency has standing to appeal the Civil Service Commission's repeal or modification of its original decision. In such instances, it is included in the concept of a "party adversely affected" by a decision of the Civil Service Commission granted the statutory right to appeal:
 
We are asked in this petition for review1 filed by the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA), a government-owned and -controlled corporation, to modify the Civil Service Commission’s finding that respondent was guilty only of simple dishonesty.

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