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Suriaga vs. Bala

FREDERICK L. SURIAGA, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSIONERS ALICIA DELA ROSA-BALA AND ROBERT S. MARTINEZ, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 238191 | 2019-08-28

DECISION
 
REYES, A., JR., J.:
 
Challenged before this Court via this Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court is the Decision[2] dated November 8, 2017 and the Resolution[3] dated March 21, 2018 of the Court of Appeals (CA), in CA-G.R. SP No. 148700, which dismissed petitioner Frederick L. Suriaga's (Suriaga) appeal for lack of merit.

The facts are aptly summarized by the CA.

Suriaga was a Fire Officer I with the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), who started working for the latter on July 15, 2003. He claimed that in 2001, when he was first applying with the BFP, he...