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Edilberto M. Ramos vs. Ramon A. Diaz, Et Al.

EDILBERTO M. RAMOS, petitioner, vs. HON. RAMON A. DIAZ, Executive Secretary HON. MACARIO PERALTA, JR, Secretary of National Defense, GEN. ALFREDO M. SANTOS, Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines, and COL. MAXIMO JANTE, Chief of Finance, Armed Forces of the Philippines, respondents.

G.R. No. L-24521 | 1967-12-11

D E C I S I O N 


BENGZON, J.P., J.: 

Col. Edilberto Ramos was ordered compulsorily retired effective September 22, 1963, for having completed thirty (30) years of service in the Armed Forces of the Philippines, pursuant to the Armed Forces Retirement Act (Rep. Act 340). Said order of retirement, dated October 25, 1963, was signed by the Chief of Staff, A.F.P., for the General Headquarters, upon authority of the President of the Philippines. 

Several criminal cases, however, were pending against Ramos. For this reason, payment of retirement benefits to him under said Republic Act 340 was withheld, until he obtains the proper...