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Police Director General Marquez vs. PO2 Mayo

POLICE DIRECTOR GENERAL RICARDO C. MARQUEZ, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE CHIEF OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP) (IN LIEU OF FORMER PNP OFFICER-IN-­CHARGE, POLICE DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL LEONARDO A. ESPINA), PETITIONER, VS. PO2 ARNOLD P. MAYO, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 218534 | 2018-09-17

DECISION
 
TIJAM, J.:
 
The pivotal question to be resolved in this case is, whether the penalty of dismissal from the service against a police officer imposed by the Chief of the PNP is immediately executory, even when an appeal has been seasonably filed.

Before Us is a Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] (With Prayer for the Issuance of a Writ of Preliminary Injunction and/or Tempo.rary Restraining Order), under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court filed by Police Director General Ricardo C. Marquez, as the Chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), assailing the Decision[2] dated March 18, 2015 and the Order[3]...