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DSWD vs. COA

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT, REPRESENTED BY DIRECTOR SITTIE RAIFAH M. PAMALOY-HASSAN, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON AUDIT, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 254871 | 2022-06-12

EN BANC

D E C I S I O N
 
INTING, J.:
 
Before the Court is a Petition[1] for Certiorari under Rule 64 in relation to Rule 65 of the Rules of Court assailing the Commission on Audit (COA) Commission Proper (COA Proper) Decision No. 2020-334[2] dated January 31, 2020 that denied the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)'s request for reconsideration of COA Legal Retainer Review (LRR) No. 2018-096 dated June 7, 2018.
 
The Antecedents

Central to the present controversy is DSWD's hiring of Atty. Melanie D. Ortiz-Rosete (Atty. Ortiz-Rosete) as private legal retainer of DSWD Field Office No. 10...