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Verceles vs. COA

LEANDRO B. VERCELES, JR., PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON AUDIT, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 211553 | 2016-09-13

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
EN BANC
 
DECISION
 
BRION, J.:
 
We resolve the petition for certiorari[1] filed by Leandro B. Verceles, Jr., to assail the October 28, 2010 decision[2] and December 6, 2013 resolution[3] of the Commission on Audit (COA) in Case No. 2008-016.
 
Antecedents

The Provincial Government of Catanduanes (the province), represented by then Governor Leandro B. Verceles, Jr. (Verceles), engaged the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) to carry out the province's tree seedlings production project (the project).[4] The province and PENRO...