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Juan, Tomas II, etc vs. COA

FRANCIS SATURNINO C. JUAN, ISABELO JOSEPH P. TOMAS II, NOEL J. SALVANERA, SHARON O. MONTAÑER, FLORESINDA G. BALDO-DIGAL AND MARIA CORAZON C. GINES, PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ON AUDIT, HON. MICHAEL G. AGUINALDO, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS CHAIRPERSON, AND HON. JOSE A. FABIA AND HON. ISABEL D. AGITO, IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONERS, OF THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 237860] ELLEN C. EBCAS, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON AUDIT, HON. MICHAEL G. AGUINALDO, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS CHAIRPERSON, AND HON. JOSE A. FABIA AND HON. ISABEL D. AGITO, IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONERS, OF THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 237883] LUZVIMINDA N. CABALBAG, PETITIONER, VS. HON. MICHAEL G. AGUINALDO, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS CHAIRPERSON, AND HON. JOSE A. FABIA AND HON. ISABEL D. AGITO, IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONERS, OF THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 237884] MARIANO D. GARCIA, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON AUDIT, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 237835 | 2023-02-07

D E C I S I O N
 
ROSARIO, J.:
 
At bench are four (4) Petitions for Certiorari[1] assailing the Decision No. 2015-387[2] and Resolution No. 2017-452[3] of the respondent Commission on Audit (COA).
 
The antecedents:
 
ERC Educational Allowance and the Notice of Disallowance
 
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is a government regulatory agency created under Republic Act (RA) No. 9136. Under Section 39 of RA No. 9136,[4] the compensation and other emoluments for ERC officials and personnel were exempted from the coverage of RA No. 6758 or the Salary Standardization Act.
 
In 2010, the ERC...