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Civil Service Commission and the Office Of the Solicitor General vs. Catacutan

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AND THE OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL, PETITIONERS, VS. EDGAR B. CATACUTAN, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 224656] EDGAR B. CATACUTAN, PETITIONER, VS. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AND THE OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 224651 | 2019-07-03

DECISION
 
REYES, J. JR., J.:
 
These two consolidated Petitions for Review assail the July 31, 2015 Decision[1] and the April 22, 2016 Resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals-Cebu City (CA) in CA-G.R. CEB-SP No. 07624. The assailed decision partly granted the appeal of Edgar B. Catacutan (Catacutan) from the April 12, 2013 Decision[3] of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) in Case No. 130369 and found him guilty only of Simple Neglect of Duty. In turn, the CSC affirmed the finding of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) that Catacutan, a public servant in its ranks, had committed Gross Neglect of Duty and Conduct...