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Campol vs. Mayor Balao-As

JULIUS B. CAMPOL, Petitioner, vs. MAYOR RONALD S. BALAO-AS and VICE-MAYOR DOMINADOR I. SIANEN, Respondents. Present: VELASCO, JR., J., Chairperson, DEL CASTILLO,* PEREZ, REYES, and JARDELEZA, JJ.

G.R. No. 197634 | 2016-11-28

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
THIRD DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
JARDELEZA, J.:

The Constitution mandates that no employee of the civil service shall be removed from office except for cause provided by law. Corollary to this, any employee illegally dismissed from office is entitled to reinstatement. Any other employment he or she obtains while the case challenging his or her dismissal is pending does not bar his or her right to be reinstated. Similarly, he or she is entitled to the payment of his or her backwages from the time of his or her dismissal until his or her actual reinstatement. The Constitutional requirement...