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Bintudan vs. COA

ROSEMARIE B. BINTUDAN, PETITIONER, V. THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 211937 | 2017-03-21

DECISION
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
An accountable officer who tolerated the posting of the number combination of the safety vault where the funds of the office in her custody were kept is guilty of negligence, and cannot be relieved of her accountability.
 
The Case
 
Under challenge is Decision No. 2012-174 issued on October 29, 2012,[1] whereby the Commission on Audit (COA), Commission Proper, affirmed Decision No. 2009-170 rendered on March 31, 2009 by the COA Legal Services Sector (LSS) denying the petitioner's request for relief from accountability for the loss of cash pertaining to her office amounting to P114,907.30 due...