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CSC vs. Fuentes [SEPARATE CONCURRING OPINION, GESMUNDO, C.J.]

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, PETITIONER, VS. PO1 GILBERT FUENTES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 237322 | 2023-01-10

SEPARATE CONCURRING OPINION


GESMUNDO, C.J.:

The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has the unqualified legal standing to assail a reversal of its ruling in a disciplinary case against a civil service employee. There is no basis to treat the CSC and the Ombudsman differently from one another, such that the Court may dismiss the petition filed by the CSC if the opposing party clearly shows that the CSC has no legal standing to bring the appeal – "when the decision will not seriously prejudice the civil service system, will not impair the effectiveness of government, does not have a deleterious effect on the government, or does not...