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MARICHU G. EJERA, PETITIONER, VS. BEAU HENRY L. MERTO AND ERWIN VERGARA, RESPONDENTS.

MARICHU G. EJERA, PETITIONER, VS. BEAU HENRY L. MERTO AND ERWIN VERGARA,

G.R. No. 163109 | 2014-01-22

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

BERSAMIN, J.:

A public servant who has an issue against a directive for her re-assignment must exhaust her available administrative remedies before resorting to judicial action. The non-exhaustion of available administrative remedies is fatal to the resort to judicial action.
 
This appeal by petition for review on certiorari assails the decision promulgated on July 23, 2003,1 whereby the Court of Appeals (CA) affirmed the order issued on October 22, 2001 by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 33, in Dumaguete City (RTC) dismissing the petitioner’s suit for injunction and damages on the ground...