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Civil Service Commission vs. Moralde

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, PETITIONER, V. GABRIEL MORALDE, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 211318, August 15, 2018] PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL, PETITIONER, V. GABRIEL MORALDE, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 211077 | 2018-08-15

D E C I S I O N
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
Quitters are responsible for their own quitting. Persons who willingly turn their backs on their own relations cannot demand to be taken back and restored to their previous state as though nothing happened.
 
Public officers and employees who actively petition for retirement or separation benefits willfully affirm their separation from service. They are bound by their own voluntary departure. Absent any indication that their choice was vitiated by confounding predicaments, like desperate financial need, they cannot renege on their self-imposed state, and later importune the government to reinstate...