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Civil Service Commission vs. Court of Appeals /Atty. Honesto L. Cueva Vs. Court of Appeals [DISSENTING OPINION, VELASCO, J.]

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, Petitioner, versus COURT OF APPEALS, DR. DANTE G. GUEVARRA and ATTY. AUGUSTUS F. CEZAR, Respondents.

G.R. No. 176162 and G.R. No. 178845 | 2012-10-09

DISSENTING OPINION
 
VELASCO, JR., J.:
 
Where the law is clear and unambiguous, it must be taken to mean exactly what it says and the Court has no choice but to see to it that its mandate is obeyed.1
 
The Case
 
For consideration before the Court are consolidated petitions for review on certiorari assailing the December 29, 2006 Decision2of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No 95293, nullifying and setting aside the resolutions of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) on jurisdictional ground.
 
The Facts
 
On September 27, 2005, petitioner Honesto L. Cueva (Cueva), then Chief Legal Counsel of the...