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Gutierrez vs. Commission on Audit (COA)

MARIA THERESA G. GUTIERREZ, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON AUDIT AND AUDITOR NARCISA DJ JOAQUIN, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 200628 | 2015-01-13

EN BANC
 
DECISION

LEONEN, J.:

A cashier who is found to have been negligent in keeping the funds in his or her custody cannot be relieved from his or her accountability for amounts lost through robbery.
 
This is a Petition for Certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court assailing the June 5, 2008 withholding order and the Commission on Audit's January 31, 2012 decision holding Maria Theresa G. Gutierrez (Gutierrez) liable for the P10,105,687.25 that was lost through robbery.
 
Gutierrez is a Cash Collecting Officer, with the designation of Cashier III at National Food Authority-National Capital Region, National District...