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OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, PETITIONER, VS. WILFREDO B. AGUSTINO, RUDY G. CANASTILLO, EDWARD G. CANASTILLO, CECIL C. CALIGAN, RESPONDENTS.

OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, PETITIONER, VS. WILFREDO B. AGUSTINO, RUDY G. CANASTILLO, EDWARD G. CANASTILLO, CECIL C. CALIGAN, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 204171 | 2015-04-15

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari seeking to reverse and set aside the November 23, 2011 Decision[1] and the September 27, 2012 Resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 03526. The assailed CA Decision reversed and set aside the February 28, 2005 Decision[3] and the April 21, 2005 Order[4] of the Office of the Ombudsman (Ombudsman) in Administrative Case No. OMB-V-A-03-0204-D, which found the respondents guilty of grave misconduct and imposed upon them the penalty of dismissal from the service.
 
The Facts
 
In 1998, the national government appropriated...